640-40 Gb/s all-optical demultiplexing using a single SOA assisted by an optical filter

E. Tangdiongga, Y. Liu, X. Shu, I. Bennion, H. Waardt, de, G.D. Khoe, A.M.J. Koonen, H.J.S. Dorren

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Abstract

We demonstrate excellent all-optical demultiplexing of 40-Gb/s base-rate channels out of 160- and 320-Gb/s single polarization optical time-division-multiplexed data streams. The demultiplexer utilizes a semiconductor optical amplifier and an optical filter placed at the amplifier output. The center wavelength of the filter is blue-shifted from the wavelength of the clock signal, so that ultrafast chirp dynamics can be employed for optical switching. Error-free demultiplexing was achieved at very low optical switch powers: 3.5mW(160-Gb/s data), 6.3mW(320-Gb/s data), and 0.09 mW (40-GHz clock). The proposed demultiplexer has a simple structure and allows monolithic integration.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 19th annual meeting of the Lasers and Electro-optics society 2006 (IEEE/LEOS 2006), 29 October - 2 November 2006, Montreal, Canada
PagesPD1.6-1/2
Publication statusPublished - 2006
Event19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (LEOS 2006) - Montreal, Canada
Duration: 29 Oct 20062 Nov 2006
Conference number: 19

Conference

Conference19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (LEOS 2006)
Abbreviated titleLEOS 2006
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityMontreal
Period29/10/062/11/06
OtherIEEE/LEOS Annual Meeting 06

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