Title :
Diode-pumped nonlinear fibre Sagnac interferometer switch with integrated silica-based planar lightwave circuit
Author :
Jinno, Masahiko ; Matsumoto, Tad ; Kominato, Toshimi ; Hibino, Y.
Author_Institution :
NTT Transmission Syst., Labs., Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract :
A nonlinear fibre Sagnac interferometer switch with an integrated silica-based planar lightwave circuit is reported. Diode-pumped time-division demultiplexing is demonstrated at 50.4 Gbit/s with a 13 ps switching time and a 5.6 GHz repetition rate.
Keywords :
fibre optics; integrated optoelectronics; light interferometers; nonlinear optics; optical communication equipment; optical pumping; optical switches; time division multiplexing; 13 ps; 5.6 GHz; 5.6 GHz repetition rate; 50.4 Gbit/s; nonlinear fibre Sagnac interferometer switch; planar lightwave circuit; switching time;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19920171
