Title :
Reconfigurable time-domain de-multiplexing of optical signals at 40 Gb/s
Author :
Samadi, P. ; Chen, L.R. ; Kostko, I.A. ; Dumais, P. ; Callender, C.L. ; Jacob, S. ; Xia, B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate reconfigurable switching of four 10-Gb/s tributary channels of 40-Gb/s data using a programmable planar lightwave circuit and nonlinear wavelength conversion. Our device is a silica-on-silicon based 6-stage lattice-form Mach-Zehnder interferometer.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; demultiplexing; optical switches; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; nonlinear wavelength conversion; optical signals; programmable planar lightwave circuit; reconfigurable switching; reconfigurable time-domain demultiplexing; silica-on-silicon based 6-stage lattice-form Mach-Zehnder interferometer; Band pass filters; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical pumping; Optical wavelength conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0213-6
