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Comparison of all-optical co- and counter-propagating high-speed signal processing in SOA-based Mach–Zehnder interferometers

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The all-optical signal processing performance of a Mach–Zehnder interferometer (MZI) is investigated. Calculated switching windows are used to investigate and understand the physical mechanisms limiting the high speed performance. Especially, the co- and counter-propagating operation of the MZI is discussed and important differences in the performance for the two schemes are addressed. The non-regenerative all-optical clear and drop functionality is investigated for a 2, 4 and 8 × 40 Gbit/s signal, showing good performance in the co-propagating case. Regenerative simultaneous clear and drop functionality in a single MZI is demonstrated experimentally and compared to the large signal model predictions.

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  1. Research Center COM, The Technical University of Denmark, Building 345, DK-2800, Lyngby, Denmark

    S. Bischoff, A. Buxens, A.T. Clausen, H.N. Poulsen & J. Mørk

  2. Tellabs Denmark A/S, Lautrupbjergvej 7-11, DK-2750, Ballerup, Denmark

    A. Buxens

  3. Institute of Quantum Electronics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, CH-8093, Zürich, Switzerland

    ST. Fischer & M. Dülk

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Bischoff, S., Buxens, A., Fischer, S. et al. Comparison of all-optical co- and counter-propagating high-speed signal processing in SOA-based Mach–Zehnder interferometers. Optical and Quantum Electronics 33, 907–926 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1017572913628

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