Title :
160Gb/s to l0Gb/s OTDM demultiplexing using a traveling-wave electroabsorption modulator
Author :
Chou, H. ; Chiu, Y. ; Bowers, J. ; Wang, W. ; Blumenthal, D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate for the first time direct 160Gb/s to 10Gb/s demultiplexing using one electrically-gated electroabsorption modulator. No indication of an error floor was observed. The power penalty for the worst channel is less than 1.5dB. We believe that the current limitation of alternating polarization multiplexing can be removed if the quality of the transmitter pulse can be improved.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; optical receivers; optical transmitters; time division multiplexing; 160 to 10 Gbit/s; OTDM demultiplexing; alternating polarization multiplexing; current limitation; electrically-gated electroabsorption modulator; power penalty; transmitter pulse; traveling-wave electroabsorption modulator; Demultiplexing; Electrons; Extinction ratio; Floors; High speed optical techniques; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical saturation; Power generation; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248429
