All-optical demultiplexing from 160 to 40/80 Gb/s using Mach-Zehnder switches based on intersubband transition of InGaAs/AlAsSb coupled double quantum wells

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E92-C, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 187-193

  Akimoto, Ryoichi ^a   Cong, Guangwei ^a   Nagase, Masanori ^a   Mozume, Teruo ^a   Tsuchida, Hidemi ^a   Hasama, Toshifumi ^a   Ishikawa, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

All optical demultiplexing; Coupled double quantum well; Crossphase modulation; Intersubband transition; Mach Zehnder interferometer

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; DEMULTIPLEXING; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; MODULATION; MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PHASE MODULATION; PHASE SHIFT; PULSE REPETITION RATE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM; WAVEGUIDES;

ALL-OPTICAL DEMULTIPLEXING; CROSS PHASE MODULATION; DOUBLE QUANTUM WELL; FORWARD-AND-BACKWARD; INTERSUBBAND EXCITATIONS; INTERSUBBAND TRANSITIONS; MACH-ZEHNDER SWITCH; NONLINEAR PHASE SHIFT;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 77950419216     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: 17451353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1587/transele.E92.C.187     Document Type: Article

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