A 160Gb/s to 10Gb/s DEMUX operation by Mach-Zehnder Interferometric Intersubband Ultrafast All-Optical Switch

Conference: ECOC 2007 - 33rd European Conference and Exhibition of Optical Communication
09/16/2007 - 09/20/2007 at Berlin, Germany

Proceedings: ECOC 2007

Pages: 2Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Akimoto, Ryoichi; Simoyama, Takasi; Lim, Cheng Guan; Nagase, Masanori; Mozume, Teruo; Ishikawa, Hiroshi; Hasama, Toshifumi (National Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Ultrafast Photonic Devices Laboratory, AIST Tsukuba Central 2-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan)
Tsuchida, Hidemi; Namiki, Shu (National Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Photonics Research Institute, AIST Tsukuba Central 2-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan)

Abstract:
Mach-Zehnder interferometric ultrafast optical switching module utilizing novel TE cross-phase modulation caused by TM intersubband excitation in InGaAs/AlAs/AlAsSb coupled quantum wells was fabricated. A 160Gb/s to10Gb/s DEMUX operation was demonstrated.