Abstract

Optical time division multiple access in which picosecond pulses from a mode-locked laser are interleaved using passive optical delays, has the potential to carry Tb/s aggregate data rates at a single wavelength channel.¹ Recently we demonstrated an all optical demultiplexer especially applicable to optical time division multiplexed (OTDM) systems² and demonstrated its operation in a laboratory OTDM system with an aggregate bandwidth of 50 Gbit/s.³ This device, a terahertz optical asymmetric demultiplexer or TOAD (see inset of Fig. 1), is a simple contact all optical demultiplexer.

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