Saturation effects in a terahertz asymmetric optical demultiplexer

Author

Zhou, Deyu ; Kang, Koo Il ; Glesk, Ivan ; Prucnal, PAul R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

1-4 Dec 1998

Firstpage

16

Abstract

Ultrafast optical demultiplexers capable of switching a user channel from data streams as high as hundreds of GHz are essential components in high speed optical time division multiplexed networks and optical signal processing. Terahertz optical asymmetric demultiplexers (TOADs) utilize novel interferometric configurations to explore these large and slow nonlinearities in semiconductor optical amplifiers

Keywords

multiplexing equipment; nonlinear optics; optical communication equipment; semiconductor optical amplifiers; submillimetre wave devices; TOADs; data streams; high speed optical time division multiplexed networks; interferometric configurations; large slow nonlinearities; optical signal processing; saturation effects; semiconductor optical amplifiers; terahertz asymmetric optical demultiplexer; ultrafast optical demultiplexers; user channel; High speed optical techniques; Optical devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical interferometry; Optical saturation; Optical signal processing; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Time division multiplexing; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1998. LEOS '98. IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4947-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1998.737710

Filename

737710