Title :
Demultiplexing using polarisation rotation in a semiconductor laser amplifier
Author :
Ellis, A.D. ; Davies, D.A.O. ; Sherlock, G.
fDate :
2/17/1994 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19940197
