80 Gb/s polarization-independent optical demultiplexing in highly nonlinear Bismuth-oxide fiber

Published/Posted: February 1, 2006

Authors: Salem, R.; Lenihan, A. S.; Carter, G. M.; Murphy, T. E.

DOI: 10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627874

Abstract: We report a polarization-independent 80 Gb/s optical demultiplexer based on cross-phase modulation in 2 meters of bismuth-oxide fiber. We show error- and penalty-free performance even when the polarization state is randomly scrambled.

Citation:
R. Salem, A. S. Lenihan, G. M. Carter and T. E. Murphy, "80 Gb/s polarization-independent optical demultiplexing in highly nonlinear Bismuth-oxide fiber", Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), Long Beach, CA (USA) CMT3 (2006)