Optical time-division demultiplexing using a time-lens-assisted Mach-Zehnder modulator

Yanfei Xing; Qiang Wang; Li Huo; Caiyun Lou

doi:10.1109/LPT.2013.2266912

Optical time-division demultiplexing using a time-lens-assisted Mach-Zehnder modulator

Yanfei Xing, Qiang Wang, Li Huo, Caiyun Lou

Tsinghua University

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Abstract

We propose to use a diverging time lens to equivalently minimize the time window of a LiNbO₃ Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM) and promote its capability in optical time-division demultiplexing applications. A single MZM is demonstrated experimentally for fourfold 100-Gb/s tributary demultiplexing assisted with a phase modulator based diverging time lens. Error-free detection is achieved for all four channels and the power penalty at a bit-error-rate of 10^-9 is 2.4 dB, 1.1 dB for the best channel.

Original language	English
Article number	6527354
Pages (from-to)	1503-1505
Number of pages	3
Journal	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume	25
Issue number	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LPT.2013.2266912
Publication status	Published - 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder modulator
Optical time-division demultiplexing
Phase modulation
Time lens

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