64 Gb/s all-optical demultiplexing with the nonlinear optical-loop mirror

Author

Andrekson, P.A. ; Olsson, N.A. ; Simpson, J.R. ; DiGiovanni, D.J. ; Morton, P.A. ; Tanbun-Ek, T. ; Logan, R.A. ; Wecht, K.W.

Author_Institution

AT&T Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA

Volume

4

Issue

6

fYear

1992

fDate

6/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

644

Lastpage

647

Abstract

The first complete nonlinear optical-loop mirror demultiplexing experiments including error-rate measurements are reported. Broadband demultiplexing of 16-, 32-, and 64-Gb/s, 2/sup 15/-1 data was performed using only semiconductor lasers. The penalty for demultiplexing a 64-Gb/s time-division multiplexed data stream to the 4-Gb/s fundamental rate was 2.2 dB at an error rate of 10/sup -9/. The switching pulse energy was 1.1 pJ.<>

Keywords

errors; mirrors; multiplexing equipment; nonlinear optics; optical resonators; time division multiplexing; 1.1 pJ; 4 Gbit/s; 64 Gbit/s; TDM; all-optical demultiplexing; broadband demultiplexing; error-rate measurements; fundamental rate; nonlinear optical-loop mirror; optical switches; semiconductor lasers; switching pulse energy; time-division multiplexed data stream; Demultiplexing; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical interferometry; Optical mixing; Optical receivers; Probes; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.141996

Filename

141996