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2001
Journal Article
Titel
160-Gb/s polarization insensitive all-optical demultiplexing using a gain-transparent ultrafast nonlinear interferometer (GT-UNI)
Abstract
We report on a polarization-insensitive all-optical demultiplexer based on gain-transparent operation of a semiconductor optical amplifier in an ultrafast nonlinear interferometer (GT-UNI) using polarization diversity. Error-free demultiplexing from 160 to 10 Gb/s is demonstrated.
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demultiplexing equipment
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high-speed optical techniques
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light interferometers
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nonlinear optics
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optical fibre communication
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optical fibre polarisation
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semiconductor optical amplifiers
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sensitivity
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gb/s polarization insensitive all-optical demultiplexing
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gain-transparent ultrafast nonlinear interferometer
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polarization-insensitive all-optical demultiplexer
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gain-transparent operation
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semiconductor optical amplifier
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ultrafast nonlinear interferometer
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polarization diversity
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error-free demultiplexing
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160 to 10 Gbit/s