Title :
Ultra-fast all-optical demultiplexer for 320Gbits/s serial data exploiting sum-frequency generation in a PPLN waveguide
Author :
Gomez-Agis, F. ; Okonkwo, C.M. ; Albores-Mejia, A. ; Tangdiongga, E. ; Dorren, H.J.S.
Author_Institution :
COBRA Res. Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
An ultra-fast all-optical demultiplexer based on sum-frequency generation in a Periodically-Poled Lithium Niobate waveguide is demonstrated. Error free performance is achieved with respective penalties of 1.5dB and 2dB for 160-to-10Gbit/s and 320-to-10 Gbit/s demultiplexing operations.
Keywords :
demultiplexing; optical communication; PPLN waveguide; bit rate 320 Gbit/s to 10 Gbit/s; error free performance; periodically-poled lithium niobate waveguide; serial data; sum-frequency generation; ultra-fast all-optical demultiplexer; Adaptive optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical fibers; Optical pulses; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621524
