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40-Gb/s demultiplexing using an ultrafast nonlinear interferometer (UNI)
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In this article, a 40-Gb/s demultiplexer using an ultrafast nonlinear interferometer (UNI) was demonstrated, yielding incurred power penalties less than 3.3 dB for BER of 10/sup -9 dB.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/.read more
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