Abstract
Cascading a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)-based Sagnac interferometer with a second Sagnac stage allows significant improvement in the overall demultiplexer performance. A theoretical analysis and simulations show that the exploitation of a two-stage architecture results in a demultiplexing window sharpness and time compression. Eye-diagram and Q -factor experimental characterization at 2.5 Gb/s of the demultiplexer is presented, showing a 25% compression in time of the two-stage switching window and a 4.7 Q-factor improvement.
© 2003 IEEE
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