Title :
Extinction ratio degradation in a 40 Gbit/s optical demultiplexer based on a monolithically integrated Michelson-interferometer
Author :
Pieper, W. ; Ludwig, R. ; Weber, H.G. ; Schilling, M. ; Daub, K. ; Lach, E. ; Laube, G. ; Idler, W. ; Wünstel, K.
Author_Institution :
Heinrich-Hertz-Inst. fur Nachrichtentech. Berlin GmbH, Germany
Abstract :
An all-optical switch based on a monolithically integrated Michelson interferometer is investigated using pump-probe and demultiplexing experiments. The extinction ratio decreases with increasing line data rate from 15 dB at 10 Gbit/s to 7 dB at 40 Gbit/s
Keywords :
demultiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 40 Gbit/s; Gbit/s optical demultiplexer; all-optical switch; demultiplexing experiments; extinction ratio degradation; increasing line data rate; monolithically integrated Michelson-interferometer; pump-probe experiments;
Conference_Titel :
Integrated Optics and Optical Fibre Communications, 11th International Conference on, and 23rd European Conference on Optical Communications (Conf. Publ. No.: 448)
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-697-0
DOI :
10.1049/cp:19971575
