Title :
40 Gb/s all-optical shift register using hybrid integrated optical logic gate
Author :
McDougall, Robert ; Poustie, Alistair ; Maxwell, Graeme ; Harmon, Bob ; Reed, Jim ; Townley, Phil ; Harlow, Mike ; Lealman, Ian ; Rivers, Lesley
Author_Institution :
CIP, Ipswich, UK
Abstract :
A 40 Gb/s all-optical shift register is demonstrated using a hybrid Mach-Zehnder interferometer with an inverting feedback loop. Previously reported data rate limitations using counter-propagating switching pulses are overcome using a push-pull scheme.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical feedback; optical fibre communication; optical logic; shift registers; 40 Gbit/s; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; all-optical shift register; counterpropagating switching pulses; data rate limitations; hybrid optical logic gate; integrated optical logic gate; inverting feedback loop; push-pull scheme;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
