Title :
Demultiplexing 160/320 Gb/s to 40 Gb/s using a single SOA assisted by an optical filter
Author :
Tangdiongga, E. ; Liu, Yanbing ; de Waardt, H. ; Dorren, H.J.S.
Author_Institution :
COBRA Res. Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Netherlands
Abstract :
Error-free demultiplexing of 40-Gb/s base-rate channels out of a 160-Gb/s OTDM signal is achieved using a single SOA and an optical filter. Performance of demultiplexing 320 Gb/s using this technique is also presented.
Keywords :
demultiplexing; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical filters; semiconductor optical amplifiers; telecommunication channels; time division multiplexing; 160 Gbit/s; 320 Gbit/s; 40 Gbit/s; OTDM; SOA; base-rate channels; demultiplexing; optical filter; Demultiplexing; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical receivers; Optical saturation; Optical transmitters; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215346
