Ultrafast all-optical demultiplexing performance of monolithically integrated band gap shifted Mach-Zehnder interferometer

Author

Tekin, T. ; Schlak, M. ; Brinker, W. ; Berger, J. ; Schubert, C. ; Maul, B. ; Molt, R.

Author_Institution

Heinrich-Hertz-Inst. fur Nachrichtentech. Berlin GmbH, Germany

Volume

4

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

504

Abstract

The all-optical 80 and 160 to 10 Gbit/s demultiplexing performance of this new switching concept have been demonstrated. The key components of this interferometric switch are the band gap shifted semiconductor optical amplifiers monolithically integrated in a symmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometer.

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; demultiplexing equipment; energy gap; high-speed optical techniques; monolithic integrated circuits; optical switches; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 10 to 160 Gbit/s; 80 Gbit/s; InGaAsP-InP; band gap shifted Mach-Zehnder interferometer; band gap shifted semiconductor optical amplifiers; interferometric switch; monolithically integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometer; symmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometer; ultrafast all-optical demultiplexing performance; Demultiplexing; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical refraction; Optical saturation; Optical signal processing; Optical switches; Optical variables control; Photonic band gap; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6705-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECOC.2001.989079

Filename

989079