All-optical regenerative OTDM add-drop multiplexing at 40 Gb/s using monolithic InP Mach-Zehnder interferometer

Authors
Fischer, S Dulk, M Gamper, E Vogt, W Hunziker, W Gini, E Melchior, H Buxens, A Poulsen, HN Clausen, AT
Citation
S. Fischer et al., All-optical regenerative OTDM add-drop multiplexing at 40 Gb/s using monolithic InP Mach-Zehnder interferometer, IEEE PHOTON, 12(3), 2000, pp. 335-337
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS
ISSN journal
10411135 → ACNP
Volume
12
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
335 - 337
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(200003)12:3<335:AROAMA>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
We present a novel method for all-optical add-drop multiplexing having rege nerative capability for 40-Gb/s optical time-division multiplexed (OTDM) da ta using a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) based, monolithic Mach-Zeh nder interferometer (MZI). Simultaneous dropping of one 10-Gb/s channel out of 40-Gb/s OTDM data and perfect clearing of the corresponding time slot i n the remaining 3 x 10 Gb/s data stream is demonstrated. Bit-error-rate mea surements show a low penalty of 2 dB for each 10 Gb/s channel. No extra pen alty was observed introducing a 10-Gb/s add channel through the device into the cleared time slot.