All-optical switch for TDM and WDM/TDM systems demonstrated in a 640Gbit/s demultiplexing experiment

被引:37
作者
Diez, S [1 ]
Ludwig, R [1 ]
Weber, HG [1 ]
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[1] Heinrich Hertz Inst Nachrichtentech Berlin GmbH, D-10527 Berlin, Germany
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10.1049/el:19980579
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A novel interferometric switch is presented that exhibits high linearity, high switching contrast, low noise, wide bandwidth and low crosstalk. The switching principle, which is based on refractive index modulation in a wavelength band far from the gain region of a semiconductor-optical amplifier, is successfully demonstrated in an error-free 640 Gbit/s demultiplexing experiment.
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