Error-free demultiplexing at 252 Gbit/s and low-power-penalty, jitter-tolerant demultiplexing at 168 Gbit/s with integrated symmetric Mach-Zehnder all-optical switch

Author

Nakamura, Shigeru ; Ueno, Yoshiyasu ; Sasaki, Junichi ; Tajima, Kazuhito

Author_Institution

Syst. Devices & Fundamental Res., NEC Corp., Ibaraki, Japan

Volume

4

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

570

Abstract

We report on low-power-penalty, jitter-tolerant demultiplexing at 168 Gbit/s with the hybrid-integrated symmetric Mach-Zehnder all-optical switch. Error-free 252 Gbit/s demultiplexing has also been achieved. The analysis of crosstalk from nearest-neighbor channels shows a difference between the dependence on the control pulse duration and the signal pulse duration.

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; demultiplexing; integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical switches; semiconductor optical amplifiers; time division multiplexing; 1.6 ps; 168 Gbit/s; 252 Gbit/s; 3.5 ps; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; SOA array; crosstalk; demultiplexing; integrated all-optical switch; jitter tolerance; low-power-penalty; optical time division multiplexing; pulse duration; semiconductor optical amplifier array; symmetric Mach-Zehnder optical switch; Demultiplexing; Fiber lasers; Optical arrays; Optical interferometry; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical signal processing; Optical switches; Pulse modulation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6705-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECOC.2001.989113

Filename

989113