Ultrafast all-optical demultiplexer based on monolithic Mach-Zehnder interferometer with integrated semiconductor optical amplifiers

Authors
Dulk, M Fischer, S Bitter, M Caraccia, M Vogt, W Gini, E Melchior, H Hunziker, W Buxens, A Poulsen, HN Clausen, AT
Citation
M. Dulk et al., Ultrafast all-optical demultiplexer based on monolithic Mach-Zehnder interferometer with integrated semiconductor optical amplifiers, OPT QUANT E, 33(7-10), 2001, pp. 899-906
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICAL AND QUANTUM ELECTRONICS
ISSN journal
03068919 → ACNP
Volume
33
Issue
7-10
Year of publication
2001
Pages
899 - 906
Database
ISI
SICI code
0306-8919(200107)33:7-10<899:UADBOM>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
A monolithically integrated and fully packaged Mach-Zehnder interferometer with semiconductor optical amplifiers (MZI-SOA) is demonstrated as polarisa tion-independent high-speed demultiplexer for up to 160 Gbit/s optical time division multiplexed (OTDM) data streams.