Title :
320-to-40-Gb/s optical demultiplexing by means of optical filtering of chirped signal using a quantum-dot SOA
Author :
Matsuura, Motoharu ; Raz, Oded ; Gomez-Agis, Fausto ; Calabretta, Nicola ; Dorren, Harm J S
Author_Institution :
COBRA Res. Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
We demonstrated ultrahigh-speed optical demultiplexing using optical filtering of chirped signal induced by a quantum-dot semiconductor optical amplifier. Using a simple scheme, we successfully achieved error-free operations of 320-to-40-Gb/s demultiplexing.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; demultiplexing; optical filters; quantum dot lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; bit rate 320 Gbit/s; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; chirped signal; optical filtering; quantum dot semiconductor optical amplifiers; ultrahigh speed optical demultiplexing; Adaptive optics; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical wavelength conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
