Analysis of all-optical demultiplexing from 160/320 Gbit/s to 40 Gbit/s using quantum-dot semiconductor optical amplifiers assisted Mach-Zehnder interferometer

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1629-1633

  Yang, Wei ^a   Zhang, Min ^b   Ye, Peida ^b  

^a BEIJING INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Demultiplexing; Mach Zehnder interferometer; Quantum dot semiconductor optical amplifier

Indexed keywords

40-GBIT/S; ALL-OPTICAL; ALL-OPTICAL DEMULTIPLEXING; KEY PARAMETERS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PERFORMANCE STUDY; QUANTUM DOT SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER; ULTRA-FAST;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

DEMULTIPLEXING;

EID: 77952131603     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: 10982760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.25287     Document Type: Article

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