40-Gb/s demultiplexing using an ultrafast nonlinear interferometer (UNI)
- 1 December 1996
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
- Vol. 8 (12) , 1695-1697
- https://doi.org/10.1109/68.544722
Abstract
We demonstrate a 40-Gb/s demultiplexer using an ultrafast nonlinear interferometer (UNI). Bit-error-rate (BER) measurements are performed yielding incurred power penalties less than 3.3 dB for BER of 10/sup -9/.Keywords
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