DocumentCode
825962
Title
Study on the limits of all-optical time-domain demultiplexing using cross-absorption modulation in an electroabsorption modulator
Author
Verdurmen, E.J.M. ; Liu, Y. ; Khoe, G.D. ; de Waardt, H.
Author_Institution
COBRA Res. Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Netherlands
Volume
153
Issue
2
fYear
2006
fDate
4/10/2006 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
75
Lastpage
83
Abstract
A theoretical and experimental assessment of the performance of an all-optical demultiplexer based on cross-absorption modulation in an electroabsorption modulator is presented. Simulations are described for demultiplexing from 160 Gbit/s to a 40 or 10 Gbit/s base rate. Experimental results are presented for demultiplexing to a base rate of 10 Gbit/s from an optical time-domain multiplexing rate of 80 with a bit error rate (BER) <10-9 and 160 Gbit/s with a BER ≃10-7.
Keywords
demultiplexing; demultiplexing equipment; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; error statistics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; 10 Gbit/s; 160 Gbit/s; 40 Gbit/s; all-optical time-domain demultiplexing; bit error rate; cross-absorption modulation; electroabsorption modulator;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Optoelectronics, IEE Proceedings -
Publisher
iet
ISSN
1350-2433
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/ip-opt:20050026
Filename
1593512
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