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Simultaneous otdm demultiplexing and data format conversion using a D flip-flop

  • Yiyuan Xie*
  • , Jianguo Zhang
  • , Jiang Xu
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A D flip-flop is used to simultaneously demultiplex and data format conversion a single 10 Gbits/s channel from a 20 Gbits/s optical time-division multiplexed data stream. Error-free demultiplexing was achieved at very low optical signal power: -14 dBm (20 Gbits/s). The proposed demultiplexer has a simple structure and achieves return-to-zero (RZ) to nonreturn-to-zero (NRZ) data format conversion. The demultiplexer allows monolithic integration. The proposed demultiplexer will become an important interface technology in future for connecting the ultra-fast optical time division multiplexing (OTDM) long haul networks to the wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) access and metro networks.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)398-400
Number of pages3
JournalMicrowave and Optical Technology Letters
Volume52
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2010

Keywords

  • D flip-flop
  • Nonreturn-to-zero (NRZ)
  • Optical time-division multiplex
  • Return-to-zero (RZ)

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