Title :
Investigation of fiber based gates for time division demultiplexing up to 640 Gbit/s
Author :
Marembert, V. ; Schubert, C. ; Schmidt-Langhorst, C. ; Kroh, M. ; Ferber, S. ; Weber, H.G.
Author_Institution :
Fraunhofer Inst. for Telecommun., Berlin
Abstract :
We experimentally investigate the switching performance of interferometric gates based on highly nonlinear fiber (HNLF), a Kerr-gate and a nonlinear optical loop mirror. Switching windows are measured and compared for different operation conditions and HNLFs
Keywords :
demultiplexing; light interferometry; mirrors; optical Kerr effect; optical fibre communication; optical fibres; optical logic; optical switches; time division multiplexing; 640 Gbit/s; Kerr-gate; fiber based gates; highly nonlinear fiber; interferometric gates; nonlinear optical loop mirror; switching windows; time division demultiplexing; Demultiplexing; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical control; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Pulse measurements; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215496
