Title :
Controllable optical demultiplexing using continuously tunable optical parametric delay at 160-Gbit/s with <0.1 ps resolution
Author :
Wu, Xiaoxia ; Nuccio, Scott ; Yilmaz, Omer F. ; Wang, Jian ; Bogoni, Antonella ; Willner, Alan E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate the use of continuously tunable optical parametric delay at 160-Gbit/s based on conversion/dispersion for demultiplexing a 160-Gbit/s signal to 40-Gbit/s. A 15.2 ns delay with <0.1 ps resolution is shown, which introduces 3-6 dB power penalty.
Keywords :
acousto-optical modulation; demultiplexing; optical delay lines; optical dispersion; optical pumping; optical tuning; acousto-optic modulators; bit rate 160 Gbit/s; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; continuously tunable optical parametric delay; conversion; delay line; dispersion; optical demultiplexing; power penalty; pump laser; time 15.2 ns; Delay; Demultiplexing; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical control; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters; Ultrafast optics; Fiber optics communications; parametric optical delay; ultrafast nonlinear optics;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching, 2009. PS '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Pisa
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3857-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3856-3
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2009.5307856
