DocumentCode
316833
Title
Extinction ratio degradation in a 40 Gbit/s optical demultiplexer based on a monolithically integrated Michelson-interferometer
Author
Pieper, W. ; Ludwig, R. ; Weber, H.G. ; Schilling, M. ; Daub, K. ; Lach, E. ; Laube, G. ; Idler, W. ; Wünstel, K.
Author_Institution
Heinrich-Hertz-Inst. fur Nachrichtentech. Berlin GmbH, Germany
Volume
4
fYear
1997
fDate
22-25 Sep 1997
Firstpage
33
Abstract
An all-optical switch based on a monolithically integrated Michelson interferometer is investigated using pump-probe and demultiplexing experiments. The extinction ratio decreases with increasing line data rate from 15 dB at 10 Gbit/s to 7 dB at 40 Gbit/s
Keywords
demultiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 40 Gbit/s; Gbit/s optical demultiplexer; all-optical switch; demultiplexing experiments; extinction ratio degradation; increasing line data rate; monolithically integrated Michelson-interferometer; pump-probe experiments;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Integrated Optics and Optical Fibre Communications, 11th International Conference on, and 23rd European Conference on Optical Communications (Conf. Publ. No.: 448)
Conference_Location
Edinburgh
ISSN
0537-9989
Print_ISBN
0-85296-697-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1049/cp:19971575
Filename
628584
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