DocumentCode
1032940
Title
Demultiplexing using polarisation rotation in a semiconductor laser amplifier
Author
Ellis, A.D. ; Davies, D.A.O. ; Sherlock, G.
Volume
30
Issue
4
fYear
1994
fDate
2/17/1994 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
341
Lastpage
342
Abstract
An all-optical demultiplexing operation has been performed using polarisation rotation due to nonlinear effects in a travelling wave semiconductor laser amplifier. A 10 Gbit/s channel can be extracted from a 20 Gbit/s data stream using this technique
Keywords
demultiplexing; nonlinear optics; optical communication; optical polarisers; optical rotation; semiconductor lasers; 10 Gbit/s; 10 Gbit/s channel; 20 Gbit/s data stream; 5 Gbit/s; all-optical demultiplexing; differential complex propagation constants; nonlinear effects; polarisation rotation; semiconductor laser amplifier; travelling wave semiconductor laser amplifier;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19940197
Filename
267320
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