• 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