Error free all-optical demultiplexing using a chalcogenide glass fibre based nonlinear optical loop mirror

被引:14
作者
Uchiyama, K
Morioka, T
Saruwatari, M
Asobe, M
Ohara, T
机构
[1] NTT, BUR GENEVE, ICC, CH-1215 GENEVA 15, SWITZERLAND
[2] NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TEL PUBL CORP, OPTOELECT LABS, ATSUGI, KANAGAWA 24301, JAPAN
[3] NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TEL PUBL CORP, ADV TECHNOL, MUSASHINO, TOKYO 180, JAPAN
关键词
chalcogenide glasses; non-linear optical loop mirrors; time division multiplexing; demultiplexing;
D O I
10.1049/el:19961089
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Error free all-optical demultiplexing using a chalcogenide glass fibre based nonlinear optical loop mirror (C-NOLM) is successfully demonstrated at speeds of 50 Gbit/s. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first bit error rate measurement to use chalcogenide glass fibre as an efficient nonlinear material. The nonlinearity of chalcogenide glass fibre is similar to 2 orders higher than that of silica glass fibres: this realises small, stable all-optical demultiplexers.
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页码:1601 / 1602
页数:2
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