OPTICAL DEMULTIPLEXING AT 6 GB/S USING A SEMICONDUCTOR-LASER AMPLIFIER AS AN OPTICAL GATE

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HANSEN, PB [1 ]
RAYBON, G [1 ]
WIESENFELD, JM [1 ]
BURRUS, CA [1 ]
LOGAN, RA [1 ]
TANBUNEK, T [1 ]
TEMKIN, H [1 ]
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[1] AT&T BELL LABS,MURRAY HILL,NJ 07974
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10.1109/68.97847
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
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A semiconductor laser amplifier (SLA) has been employed successfully for optical demultiplexing in two-channel optical time division multiplexed system experiments at 6 and 2 Gb/s. Demultiplexing of 6 Gb/s (2 Gb/s) signals was demonstrated with a power penalty of 1.6 dB (3.0 dB) at bit error rates of 10(-9). We also show that a reduction of the generated amplified spontaneous emission can be obtained by optical gating/demultiplexing for systems incorporating in-line amplifiers. We demonstrate a 0.5 dB improvement in sensitivity as a result of using an SLA for demultiplexing from 2.0 to 1.0 Gb/s in a system with one in-line Er3+-doped fiber amplifier.
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