Enhanced performance of an all-optical parity checker using a single Mach-Zehnder interferometer

C.K. Yow; Y.J. Chai; K.A. Williams; R.V. Penty; I.H. White

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference
Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2003),
paper CTuQ1

Enhanced performance of an all-optical parity checker using a single Mach-Zehnder interferometer

C.K. Yow, Y.J. Chai, K.A. Williams, R.V. Penty, and I.H. White

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2003

Baltimore, Maryland United States
1–6 June 2003
ISBN: 1-55752-733-4

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Optical Signal Processing and Switching (CTuQ)

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C. K. Yow, Y. J. Chai, K. A. Williams, R. V. Penty, and I. H. White, "Enhanced performance of an all-optical parity checker using a single Mach-Zehnder interferometer," in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2003), paper CTuQ1.

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Abstract

An all-optical parity checker is proposed that requires only a single Mach-Zehnder interferometer. Simulation results demonstrate an 8dB improvement in extinction ratio at 10 Gb/s operation.

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