OTDM Publications News
Since March 2003
Last updated: Dec. 27, 2004

OTDM Publications News
informal database
This database:
  • based on spontanuous reports from each research group.
  • collections of recently published papers no earlier than 2001.
  • scopes: semiconductor-based ultrafast all-optical devices and subsystems such as demultiplexing, 3R/2R regeneration, wavelength conversion, clock extraction, logic gates, address comparison, packet routing, and OTDM transmission.
  • names in an alphabetical order.


    • The OTDM Publications News:

      Jumps to Research Teams
    1. Hercules Avramopoulos and Efstratios Kehayas, National Technical Univ. Athens, Athens, Greece
    2. Benoit Deveaud, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
    3. Scott A. Hamilton and Bryan S. Robinson, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, MA, USA
    4. Ronald Kaiser, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut, Berlin, Germany
    5. Prem Kumar, Northwestern University, IL, USA
    6. Eugen Lach, Alcatel, Stuttgart, Germany
    7. Juerg Leuthold, Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, NJ, USA
    8. Jesper Mork, Palle Jeppesen, and Kristian Stubkjaer, Technical Univ. Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
    9. Hitoshi Murai, Masatoshi Kagawa, Hiromi Tsuji, and Kozo Fujii, Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
    10. Kohsuke Nishimura and Masashi Usami, KDDI R&D Laboratories, Japan
    11. Paul R. Prucnal and Ivan Glesk, Princeton Univ., NJ, USA
    12. Kazuhito Tajima and Ichiro Ogura, NEC Corporation, Tsukuba, Japan
    13. Yoshiyasu Ueno, Univ. of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan


  • Hercules Avramopoulos and Efstratios Kehayas, National Technical Univ. Athens, Athens, Greece, updated on Dec. 24, 2004
    1. G. Theophilopoulos, K. Yianopoulos, M. Kalyvas, C. Bintjas, G. Kalogerakis, H. Avramopoulos, L. Occhi, L. Schares, G. Guekos, S. Hansmann and R. Dall' Ara, "40 GHz All-optical XOR with UNI gate," presented at the Optical Fiber Communication (OFC) Conference 2001, Anaheim, CA, USA, MB2.
    2. M. Kalyvas, G. Theophilopoulos, C. Bintjas, N. Pleros, A. Stavdas, H. Avramopoulos, "2x2 All-Optical Exchange-Bypass Switch," presented at thev IEEE LEOS Summer Topicals 2002, Quebec, Canada, TuC3, pp. 13-14.
    3. K. Yiannopoulos, N. Pleros, C. Bintjas, M. Kalyvas, G. Theophilopoulos, H. Avramopoulos and G. Guekos, "All-optical clock recovery for data packets," presented at the IEEE LEOS Summer Topicals 2002, Quebec, Canada, Tuƒ­4, pp. 35-36.
    4. G. Theophilopoulos, M. Kalyvas, C. Bintjas, N. Pleros, K. Yiannopoulos, A. Stavdas, H. Avramopoulos and G. Guekos, "Optically addressable 2x2 exchange bypass packet switch," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., vol. 14, No. 7, pp. 998-1000, 2002.
    5. C. Bintjas, N. Pleros and H. Avramopoulos, "System perspective for all-optical switching," (Invited paper) IEEE/LEOS Newsletter, vol. 16, No. 5, pp. 19-21, 2002.
    6. K. Yiannopoulos, N. Pleros, C. Bintjas, M. Kalyvas, G. Theophilopoulos, H. Avramopoulos and G. Guekos, "All-optical packet clock recovery circuit," presented at the 28th European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) 2002, Copenhagen, Denmark, 4.3.5.
    7. N. Pleros, C. Bintjas, K. Yiannopoulos, G. Theophilopoulos, M. Kalyvas, K. Vyrsokinos, H. Avramopoulos and G. Guekos, "All-optical address and data separation for 10 Gb/s packets," presented at the 28th European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) 2002, Copenhagen, Denmark, P4.10.
    8. C. Bintjas, K. Yiannopoulos, N. Pleros, G. Theophilopoulos, M. Kalyvas, H. Avramopoulos and G. Guekos, "Clock recovery circuit for optical packets," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., vol. 14, No. 9, pp. 1363-1365, 2002.
    9. C. Bintjas, N. Pleros, K. Yiannopoulos, G. Theophilopoulos, M. Kalyvas, H. Avramopoulos and G. Guekos, "All-optical packet address and payload separation," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., vol. 14, No. 12, pp. 1728-1730, 2002.
    10. K. Yiannopoulos, K. Vyrsokinos, N. Pleros, C. Bintjas, T. Houbavlis, H. Avramopoulos and G. Guekos, "A repetition rate upgrade from 10 to 40 GHz for laser sources," presented at the Optical Fiber Communication (OFC) Conference 2003, Atlanta, GA, USA, FP2.
    11. K. Yiannopoulos, K. Vyrsokinos, N. Pleros, D. Tsiokos, C. Bintjas, H. Avramopoulos and G. Guekos, "Repetition rate upgrade for optical sources," accepted for publication in IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., June 2003.
    12. K. Yiannopoulos, K. Vyrsokinos, E. Kehayas, N. Pleros, K. Vlachos, H. Avramopoulos and G. Guekos, "Rate Multiplication by Double-Passing Fabry-Perot Filtering," Photon. Technol. Lett., Vol. 15, No. 9, September 2003.
    13. N. Pleros, K. Vyrsokinos, C. Bintjas, K. Yiannopoulos, K. Vlachos, H. Avramopoulos and G. Guekos, "All-Optical Clock Recovery from short, asynchronous data packets at 10 Gb/s," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., Vol. 15, No. 9, September 2003.
    14. K. Vlachos, N. Pleros, C. Bintjas, G. Theophilopoulos and H. Avramopoulos, "Ultrafast Time Domain Technology and its application in All-Optical Signal Processing," IEEE/OSA J. Lightwave. Technol., Invited Tutorial, vol.21, no.9, pp. 1857-1868, September 2003.
    15. L. Stampoulidis, G. T. Kanellos, N. Pleros, E. Kehayas, D. Tsiokos, C. Bintjas, H. Avramopoulos and G. Guekos, "Clock and Data Recovery with SOA-based optical gates," We1. 5. 4., European Conf. on Optical Communication (ECOC) 2003, Rimini, Italy.
    16. D. Tsiokos, E. Kehayas, G.T. Kanellos, L. Stampoulidis, G. Guekos, and H. Avramopoulos, "All-Optical 10Gb/s header replacement for variable length data packets," We4. P. 83, European Conf. on Optical Communication (ECOC) 2003, Rimini, Italy.
    17. E. Kehayas, D. Tsiokos, K. Vyrsokinos, N. Pleros, G. Guekos and H. Avramopoulos, "10 Gb/s All-Optical Half Adder using two cascaded UNI gates," TuG2, IEEE/LEOS Annual Meeting, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
    18. C. Bintjas, K. Vlachos, N. Pleros and H. Avramopoulos, "Ultrafast Nonlinear Interferometer (UNI)-based digital optical circuits and their use in packet switching," accepted for publication in J. Lightwave Technol. (Special Issue on Optical Networks), Nov. 2003.
    19. G.T. Kanellos, L. Stampoulidis, N. Pleros, T. Houbavlis, D. Tsiokos, E. Kehayas, H. Avramopoulos and G. Guekos, "Clock and Data Recovery circuit for 10 Gb/s asynchronous optical packets," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., Nov. 2003.
    20. K. Vlachos, C. Bintjas, N. Pleros and H. Avramopoulos, "Ultrafast, Semiconductor-based Fiber Laser Sources," IEEE J. of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics (Special Issue on Ultrafast Science and Technology), Nov./Dec. 2003.
    21. K. Yiannopoulos, L. Stampoulidis, T. Houbavlis and H. Avramopoulos, "40 GHz Control Signal Generation from Flag Pulses to Switch All-Optical Gates for use with Optical Packets," OSA Opt. Lett., Jan. 2004.
    22. D. Tsiokos, E. Kehayas, K. Vyrsokinos, L. Stampoulidis, G.T. Kanellos, N. Pleros, G. Guekos and H. Avramopoulos, "10 Gb/s All-Optical Half Adder using SOA-based Interferometric Switches," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., Jan. 2004.
    23. K. Yiannopoulos, K. Vyrsokinos, D. Tsiokos, E. Kehayas, N. Pleros, G. Theophilopoulos, T. Houbavlis, G. Guekos, and H. Avramopoulos, "Pulse Repetition Frequency Multiplication with Spectral Selection in Fabry-Perot Filters," J. Quantum. Electron., Feb. 2004.
    24. L. Stampoulidis, E. Kehayas, H Avramopoulos, Y. Liu, E. Tangdiongga and H. J. S. Dorren, "40 Gb/s Fast-Locking All-Optical Packet Clock Recovery", to be presented in Optical Fiber Communications, OFC 2005, Anaheim, USA
    25. N. Pleros, C. Bintjas, G.T. Kanellos, K. Vlachos, H. Avramopoulos and G. Guekos "Recipe for Intensity Modulation Reduction in SOA-Based Interferometric Switches", IEEE/OSA J. Lightwave Technol., Vol. 22, pp. 2834-2841, Dec. 2004.
    26. E. Kehayas, G. T. Kanellos, L. Stampoulidis, D. Tsiokos, N. Pleros, G. Guekos and H. Avramopoulos, "Packet-Format and Network-Traffic Transparent Optical Signal Processing", IEEE/OSA J. Lightwave Technol., Special Issue on Metro & Access Networks, Vol. 22, pp. 2548-2556, Nov. 2004.
    27. N. Pleros, G. T. Kanellos, C. Bintjas, A. Hatziefremidis, and H. Avramopoulos, "Optical Power Limiter Using a Saturated SOA-Based Interferometric Switch", Photon. Technol. Lett., Vol. 16, No. 10, October 2004.
    28. E. Kehayas , G. T. Kanellos, L. Stampoulidis , P. Bakopoulos , N. Pleros , G. Guekos and H. Avramopoulos, "All-Optical Burst-Mode Receiver at 10 Gb/s", presented at ECOC 2004, Tech. Dig. We 4.P014, Stockholm, Sweden, 2004.
    29. K. Vyrsokinos, L. Stampoulidis, P. Bakopoulos, G. Guekos and H. Avramopoulos, "Polarization Insensitive NOLM employing a Faraday Rotator Mirror", presented at ECOC 2004, Tech. Dig., Tu. 1.5.4, Stockholm, Sweden, 2004.
    30. L. Stampoulidis, K. Vyrsokinos, P. Bakopoulos, G. Guekos and H. Avramopoulos, "Optical pulse compression in a polarization insensitive non-linear loop mirror", Optics Comm., Vol. 238, Issues 1-3, 1st August 2004.
    31. H. Avramopoulos, "Optical signal processing using SOAs for packet switching", invited presentation, OAA 2004 Conference, Tech. Dig. OTuB4, San Francisco, USA, 2004.
    32. L. Stampoulidis, K. Yiannopoulos, M. Kalyvas, G. Theophilopoulos and H. Avramopoulos, and G. Guekos, "All-Optical Control Signal Generation to Drive Optical Gates for Packet Switching Applications", presented at OAA 2004 Conference, Tech. Dig. JWB15, San Francisco, USA, 2004.
    33. G. T. Kanellos, N. Pleros, C. Bintjas, H. Avramopoulos and G. Guekos, "SOA-based interferometric optical hard-limiter", presented at OAA 2004 Conference, Tech. Dig. JWB8, San Francisco, USA, 2004.
    34. D. Tsiokos, E. Kehayas, H. Avramopoulos, L. Krainer, G. J. Spuhler, and K. J. Weingarten, "Simple repetition rate upgrade scheme for passively mode-locked solid-state lasers", presented at CLEO/IQEC 2004, Tech. Dig., Wed. CWF4, San Francisco, USA, 2004.
    35. M. Kalyvas, K. Yiannopoulos, T. Houbavlis, and H. Avramopoulos, "Control Signal Generation From Flag Pulses to Drive All-Optical Gates", Photon. Technol. Lett., Vol. 16, No. 4, April 2004.
    36. K. Yiannopoulos, L. Stampoulidis, T. Houbavlis, H. Avramopoulos, "Generation of 40-GHz control signals from flag pulses for switching all-optical gates for use with optical packets," OSA Optics Letters, Vol. 29 , No. 3 , 1 February 2004.

  • Benoit Deveaud, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, updated on July 3, 2003
    1. T. P. Hessler, S. Haacke, J. L. Pleumeekers, P. Selbman, M.-A. Dupertuis, B. Deveaud, R. A. Taylor, P. Doussiere, M. Bachmann, T. Ducellier, J.Y. Emery, "Time-resolved relaxation oscillations in gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifiers by pump and probe measurements," Quantum Semiclass. Opt. 9, 675-679 (1997).
    2. M.-A. Dupertuis, J. L. Pleumeekers, T. P. Hessler, P. Selbman, B. Deveaud, B. Dagens, J.-Y. Emery, "Extremely fast high-gain and low-current SOA by optical speed-up at transparency," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 12, 1453-1455, (2000).
    3. J.-N. Fehr, M.-A.Dupertuis, T.P. Hessler, L. Kappei, D. Marti, P.E. Selbmann and B. Deveaud, J.L. Pleumeekers, J.Y. Emery and B. Dagens, "Direct observation of longitudinal spatial hole burning and carrier heating in semiconductor optical amplifiers with injection," Appl. Phys. Lett. 78, pp. 4079-4081 (2001).
    4. T. P. Hessler, M.-A. Dupertuis, B. Deveaud, J.-Y. Emery, B. Dagens, "Optical speed-up at transparency of the gain recovery in semiconductor optical amplifiers," Appl. Phys. Lett. 81, 3119-3121 (2002).
    5. J.-N. Fehr, M.-A. Dupertuis, T. P. Hessler, D. Marti, F. Salleras, M. Nomura, B. Deveaud, J.-Y. Emery, F. Dorgeuille, F. Pommereau, B. Dagens, "Hot phonons and carrier heating in Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 38, pp. 674-681 (2002).
    6. M. -S. Nomura, F. Salleras, M. A. Dupertuis, L. Kappei, D. Marti, B. Deveaud, J. -Y. Emery, A. Crottini, B. Dagens, T. Shimura, K. Kuroda, "Density clamping and longitudinal spatial hole burning in a gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifier," Appl. Phys. Lett. 81, pp. 2692-2694 (2002).

  • Scott A. Hamilton and Bryan S. Robinson, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, MA, USA, updated on April 14, 2003
    1. B. S. Robinson, S. A. Hamilton, and E. P. Ippen, "Demultiplexing of 80-Gb/s pulse-position modulated data with an ultrafast nonlinear interferometer," IEEE Photon. Tech. Lett., vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 206-208, 2002.
    2. S. A. Hamilton and B. S. Robinson, "40 Gb/s all-optical packet synchronization and address comparison for OTDM networks," IEEE Photon. Tech. Lett., vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 209-211, 2002.
    3. S. A. Hamilton, B. S. Robinson, T. E. Murphy, S. J. Savage, and E. P. Ippen, "100 Gbit/s optical time-division multiplexed networks," J. Lightwave Technol., vol. 20, no. 12, pp. 2086-2100, 2002.
    4. S. J. Savage, B. S. Robinson, S. A. Hamilton, and E. P. Ippen, "All-optical pulse regeneration in an ultrafast nonlinear interferometer with Faraday mirror polarization stabilization," Opt. Lett., vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 13-15, 2003.

  • Ronald Kaiser, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut, Berlin, Germany, updated on Jan. 16, 2004
    1. R. Kaiser, B. Huttl, H. Heidrich, S. Fidorra, W. Rehbein, H. Stolpe, R. Stenzel, F. Boczianowski, G. Jacumeit, and M. Kroh, "Tunable Mode-locked Lasers on GaInAsP/InP with 2ps Pulses and Low Timing Jitter," Intern. Semiconductor Laser Conf. (ISLC) 2002, 29.9.-3.10.2002, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, postdeadline paper #PD2, 2002.
    2. B. Huttl, R. Kaiser, F. Boczianowski, S. Fidorra, H. Heidrich, G. Jacumeit, B. Huttl, R. Kaiser, F. Boczianowski, S. Fidorra, H. Heidrich, G. Jacumeit, M. Kroh, W. Rehbein, R. Stenzel, H. Stolpe, "Monolithic mode-locked laser on GaInAsP/InP for 160 Gb/s TDM applications," Proceed. Optical Fiber Commun. Conf. 2003 (OFC2003), 23.-28.03.2003, Atlanta/ Georgia (USA), paper # FF7, 2003.
    3. R. Kaiser, B. Huttl, H. Heidrich, S. Fidorra, W. Rehbein, H. Stolpe, R. Stenzel, W. Ebert, G. Sahin, "Tunable mode-locked lasers on InP with low timing jitter," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., Vol. 15, No. 5, pp. 634-636, 2003.
    4. R. Kaiser, B. Huttl, W. Rehbein, H. Stolpe, H. Heidrich, S. Fidorra, R. Stenzel, G. Jacumeit, M. Kroh, "Repetition rate and wavelength tuning of monolithic 40 GHz mode-locked lasers based on InP," Proceed. of 15th Indium Phosphide and Related Materials Conf. (IPRM 2003), 12.-16.05.2003, Santa Barbara (USA), pg. 255-258 (paper# WB1.6), 2003.
    5. B. Huttl, R. Kaiser, M. Kroh, W. Rehbein, H. Stolpe, S. Fidorra, R. Stenzel, G. Jacumeit, and H. Heidrich, "Noise Performance of Mode-locked 40 GHz Pulse Source Modules," Proceed Laser & Electro Optics Society (LEOS) Conference (Tucson (USA), 26.-30.10.2003), pg. 47-48 (Vol. 1), paper#: ME2, 2003.

  • Prem Kumar, Northwestern University, IL, USA, updated on January 21, 2004
    1. A. Agarwal, L. Wang, Y. Su, and P. Kumar, "All-optical erasable storage buffer based on parametric nonlinearity in fiber," Proc. Optical Fiber Communications Conference (OFC'2001), Anaheim, CA, ThH5, March 2001.
    2. Y. Su, L. Wang, A. Agarwal, and P. Kumar, "Simultaneous 3R regeneration and wavelength conversion using a fiber-parametric limiting amplifier," Proc. Optical Fiber Communications Conference (OFC'2001), Anaheim, CA, MG4, March 2001.
    3. L. Wang, A. Agarwal, Y. Su, and P. Kumar, "All-optical picosecond-pulse packet buffer based on four-wave mixing loading and intracavity soliton control," IEEE J. Quantum Electronics, vol. 38, pp. 614-619, 2002.
    4. R. Tang, J. Lasri, P. Devgan, J. E. Sharping, and Prem Kumar, "Microstructure fiber-based parametric amplifier with a gain slope of ~200dB/W/km in the telecom range," Elect. Lett., vol. 39, pp. 195-196, 2003.
    5. R. Tang, P. Devgan, J. E. Sharping, P. Voss, J. Lasri, and P. Kumar, "Microstructure-fiber-based optical parametric amplifier in the 1550nm telecom band," Proc. Optical Fiber Communications Conference (OFC'2003), Atlanta, USA, ThT2, March 2003.
    6. J. Lasri, P. Devgan, R. Tang, J. E. Sharping, and P. Kumar, "A 10GHz-rate microstructure-fiber based widely-tunable optical parametric oscillator in the telecom band," Proc. CLEO'2003, Baltimore, MD, paper CWA66, 2003.
    7. P. Kumar, "Towards noiseless amplification of optical signals," invited paper, Proc. CLEO'2003, Baltimore, MD, paper CThD3, 2003.
    8. J. Lasri, P. Devgan, R. Tang, J. E. Sharping, and P. Kumar, "A microstructure-fiber-based 10-GHz synchronized tunable optical parametric oscillator in the 1550-nm regime," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., vol. 15, pp. 1058-1060, 2003.
    9. J. Lasri, P. Devgan, R. Tang, and P. Kumar, "Self-starting optoelectronic oscillator for generating ultra-low-jitter high-rate (10GHz or higher) optical pulses," Opt. Express, vol. 11, pp.1430-1435, 2003.
    10. P. Devgan, J. Lasri, R. Tang, and P. Kumar, "Ultra-low-jitter multiwavelength synchronized optical pulse source for C, L, and U bands," IEEE Proc. LEOS'2003, vol. 1, pp. 473-474, 2003.
    11. J. Lasri, P. Devgan, R. Tang, and P. Kumar, "Ultra-low timing jitter 40Gb/s clock recovery using a novel electroabsorption-modulator-based self-starting optoelectronic oscillator," IEEE Proc. LEOS'2003, vol. 1, pp. 390-391, 2003.
    12. P. Kumar. J. Lasri, P. Devgan, and R. Tang, "Fiber nonlinearity based devices for advanced fiber-optic communication and signal processing," invited paper, IEEE Proc. LEOS'2003, vol. 1, pp. 103-104, 2003.
    13. P. Devgan, J. Lasri, R. Tang, and P. Kumar, "Ultra-low-jitter multiwavelength synchronised optical pulse source for C-, L- and U-bands," Electron. Lett., vol. 39, pp. 1337-1339, 2003.
    14. J. Lasri, P. Devgan, R. Tang, and P. Kumar, "Ultra-low timing jitter 40Gb/s clock recovery using a self-starting optoelectronic oscillator," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., vol. 16, pp. 263-265, 2004.

  • Eugen Lach, Alcatel, Stuttgart, Germany, updated on October 29, 2003
    1. E. Lach, M. Schmidt, K. Schuh, B. Junginger, G. Veith, P. Nouchi, "Advanced 160 Gb/s OTDM system based on wavelength transparent 4x40 Gb/s ETDM transmitters and receivers," OFC 2002 Anaheim, paper TuA2.
    2. K. Schuh, M. Schmidt, E. Lach, B. Junginger, A. Klekamp, G. Veith, P. Sillard, "4x160 Gbit/s DWDM / OTDM transmission over 3x80 km TeraLight-Reverse TeraLight fibre," ECOC 2002 Copenhagen, paper 2.1.2.
    3. E. Lach, H. Bulow, K. Satzke, A. Clausen, B. Sartorius, J-R. Burie, R. Leppla, E. Le-Rouzic, A. Richter, F. Ramos, P. Pecci, "Towards Ultra-high Channel Bitrates," COST266-IST-OPTIMIST workshop, Proc. ONDM 2003, Budapest.
    4. M. Schmidt, K. Schuh, E. Lach, M. Schilling and G. Veith, "8x160 Gbit/s (1.28 Tbit/s) DWDM transmission with 0.53 bit/s/Hz spectral efficiency using single EA-modulator based RZ pulse source and demux," ECOC 2003, Rimini, paper Mo3.6.5.
    5. E. Lach, "Terabit/s Optical Transmission Systems based on Ultra-high Channel Bitrate,Invited Talk," Proc. Europe-U.S.-Japan Symposium on Ultrafast Photonic Technology, Makuhari Messe, Japan, 2003.
    6. M. Schmidt, E. Lach, K. Schuh, M. Schilling, P. Sillard and G. Veith, "Unrepeatered 320 Gbit/s (8x40 Gbit/s) OTDM transmission over 80 km TeraLightTM-reverse TeraLightTM fiber link," ECOC 2003, Rimini, paper We4.P.117.
    7. E. Lach, K. Schuh, M. Schmidt, B. Junginger, G. Charlet, P. Pecci, G. Veith, "7x170 Gbit/s (160 Gbit/s + FEC overhead) DWDM transmission with 0.53 bit/s/Hz spectral efficiency over long haul distance of Standard SMF," ECOC 2003, Rimini, post-deadline paper Th4.3.5.

  • Juerg Leuthold, Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, NJ, USA, updated on September 15, 2004
    1. J. Leuthold, P.A. Besse, E. Gamper, M. Duelk, St. Fischer, G. Guekos, and H. Melchior, "All-Optical Mach-Zehnder Interferometer Wavelength Converters and Switches with Integrated Data and Control-Signal Separation Schemes," J. Lightwave Technol., vol. 17, no. 6, pp. 1056-1066, June 1999.
    2. J. Leuthold, C. H. Joyner, B. Mikkelsen, G. Raybon, J.L. Pleumeekers, B.I. Miller, K. Dreyer, and C.A. Burrus, "100 Gbit/s All-Optical Wavelength Conversion with Integrated SOA Delayed-Interference Configuration," Electron. Lett., Vol. 36, No. 13, pp. 1129-1130, June 2000.
    3. J. Leuthold, B. Mikkelsen, G. Raybon, C.H. Joyner, J.L. Pleumeekers, B.I. Miller, K. Dreyer, and R. Behringer, "All-Optical Wavelength Conversion Between 10 and 100 Gb/s with SOA Delayed-Interference Configuration," Opt. Quantum Electron., vol. 33, no. 7-10, pp. 939-952, July 2001.
    4. J. Leuthold, B. Mikkelsen, R.E. Behringer, G. Raybon, C.H. Joyner, and P.A. Besse, "Novel 3R Regenerator Based on Semiconductor Optical Amplifier Delayed-Interference Configuration," IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett., vol. 13, no. 8, pp. 860-862, August 2001.
    5. J. Leuthold, R. Ryf, and D. Maywar, "Novel All-Optical Wavelength Converter in an Add/Drop Multiplexing Network Demonstrating Transmission over 42 Nodes and 16,800 km," Proc. LEOS'2002 Annual Meeting, Glasgow, Scotland, Post Deadline Paper PD 1.3, Nov. 2002.
    6. J. Leuthold, G. Raybon, Y. Su, R. Essiambre, S. Cabot, J. Jaques, and M. Kauer, "40 Gb/s Transmission and Cascaded All-Optical Wavelength Conversion over One Million Kilometers," Electron. Lett., vol. 38, no. 16, pp. 890-892, August 2002.
    7. J. Leuthold, D. Marom, S. Cabot, R. Ryf, P. Bernasconi, F. Baumann, J. Jaques, D.T. Neilson, C.R. Giles "All-optical wavelength converter based on a pulse reformatting optical filter," Proc. Optical Fiber Communications Conference (OFC'2003), Atlanta, USA, PD41, March 2003.
    8. J. Leuthold, R. Ryf, D. N. Maywar, S. Cabot, J. Jaques, and S. S. Patel "Nonblocking All-Optical Cross Connect Based on Regenerative All-Optical Wavelength Converter in a Transparent Demonstration Over 42 Nodes and 16800km," JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY, Vol. 21, No. 11, pp. 2863-2870, Nov 2003.
    9. J. Leuthold, L. Moller, J. Jaques, S. Cabot, L. Zhang, P. Bernasconi, M. Cappuzzo, L. Gomez, E. Laskowski, E. Chen, A. Wong-Foy, A. Griffin," 160 Gbit/s SOA all-optical wavelength converter and assessment of its regenerative properties," Electron. Lett., vol. 40, no. 9, pp. 554-555, April 2004.

  • Reinhold Ludwig, Hans-Georg Weber, and Bernard Sartorius, Heinrich-Herz Institute, Berlin, Germany

  • Jesper Mork, Palle Jeppesen, and Kristian Stubkjaer, Technical Univ. Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark, updated on November 20, 2003
    1. S. Bischoff, A. Buxens, St. Fischer, M. Dulk, A.T. Clausen, H.N. Poulsen, and J. Mork, "All-optical high-speed signal processing in Mach-Zehnder interferometers based on semiconductor optical amplifiers," Optical and Quantum Electron., vol. 33, pp. 907-926, 2001.
    2. T. W. Berg, S. Bischoff, I. Magnusdottir, and J. Mork, "Ultrafast Gain Recovery and Modulation Limitations in Self-Assembled Quantum Dot Devices," Photon. Technol. Lett., vol. 13, pp. 541-543, June 2001.
    3. S. Bischoff, B. Lading, and J. Mork, "BER estimation for all-optical regenerators influenced by pattern effects," Photon. Technol. Lett., vol. 14, pp. 33-35, Jan. 2002.
    4. M. L. Nielsen, J. De Merlier, G. Morthier, and R. Baets, "Experimental demonstration of all-optical 2R regeneration at 10 Gb/s in a novel MMI-SOA based device," in Technical digest of OFC 2002, Anaheim, USA, 2002, paper TuN2.
    5. T.W. Berg, A.V. Uskov, and J. Mork, "Ultrafast signal processing in quantum dot amplifiers through effective spectral holeburning," Techn. Digest, CLEO 2002, paper CFH7, p. 6662, Long Beach, California, May 2002.
    6. S. Bischoff and J. Mork, "Reduction of pattern effects in SOA-based all-optical switches by using cross-gain modulated holding signal," Techn. Digest, CLEO 2002, paper CWA53, p. 353, Long Beach, California, May 2002.
    7. M. L. Nielsen, J. Mork, and T. Fjelde, "Numerical Analysis of an All-optical Logic XOR Gate based on an Active MZ Interferometer," Techn. Digest, CLEO 2002, paper CThAA1, pp. 608-609, Long Beach, California, May 2002.
    8. M. L. Nielsen, J. D. Buron, and B. Dagens, "Demonstration of an all-optical 3-input XOR gate and a data encryption/decryption scheme at 10 Gb/s based on all-active Mach-Zehnder interferometers," in Techn. Digest of OAA 2002, Vancouver, Canada, 2002, paper OtuD.
    9. T. W. Berg and J. Mork, "Noise and saturation properties of semiconductor quantum dot optical amplifiers," Technical Digest Optical Amplifiers and Their Applications, pp. OWC5-1-OWC5-3, Vancouver, Canada, July 2002.
    10. L. K. Oxenlowe, A. I. Siahlo, K. S. Berg, A. Tersigni, A. T. Clausen, C. Peucheret, P. Jeppesen, K. P. Hansen and J. R. Jensen, "A photonic crystal fibre used as a 160 to 10 Gb/s demultiplexer," in Proc. Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, OECC'2002, post-deadline paper PD1-4, Yokohama, Japan, July 2002.
    11. T. W. Berg and J. Mork, "Theoretical analysis of quantum dot amplifiers with high saturation power and low noise figure," Proc. ECOC 2002, paper 4.3.6, Copenhagen, September 2002.
    12. F. Romstad, F. Ohman, J. Mork, K. Yvind, J. M. Hvam, and J. Hanberg, "Short pulse absorption dynamics in a p-i-n InGaAsP MQW waveguide saturable absorber," Proc. ECOC 2002, paper P2.25, Copenhagen, September 2002.
    13. L. Xu, L. K. Oxenlowe, N. Chi, F. P. Romstad, K. Yvind, J. Mork, P. Jeppesen, K. Hoppe and J. Hanberg, "Bandwidth and chirp characterisation of wavelength conversion based on electroabsorption modulators," Proc. ECOC 2002, paper P1.26, Copenhagen, September 2002.
    14. M. L. Nielsen, T. Fjelde, J. D. Buron, "All-optical bit-pattern recognition in data segments using logic AND and XOR in a single all-active MZI wavelength converter," in Proceedings of ECOC 2002, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2002, paper 1.4.6.
    15. K. S. Berg, L. K. Oxenlowe, A. Siahlo, A. Tersigni, A. T. Clausen, C. Peucheret, P. Jeppesen, K. P. Hansen and J. R. Hansen, "80 Gb/s transmission over 80 km and demultiplexing using a highly non-linear photonic crystal fibre," in Proc. European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC'2002, paper 2.1.5, vol. 1, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2002.
    16. J. Mork, S. Bischoff, T. W. Berg, and M. L. Nielsen, "Ultrafast optical signal processing in semiconductor optical devices," Proc. of the 2nd International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Semiconductor Optoelectronic Devices, Zurich, pp. 56-57, Sept. 2002 (invited).
    17. J. Mork, T. W. Berg and S. Bischoff, "Fast processes in semiconductor optical amplifiers: Theory and experiment," IEEE LEOS Newsletter, vol. 16, pp. 21-24, Oct. 2002.
    18. J. Mork, F. Ohman, and S. Bischoff, "Analysis of Noise Suppression in Cascaded All-optical Regenerators," 2002 IEEE/LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, pp. 141-142, Glasgow, Scotland, Nov. 2002.
    19. L. Xu, L. Oxenlowe, N. Chi, J. Mork, P. Jeppesen, K. Hoppe, and J. Hanberg, "Experimental characterisation of wavelength conversion at 40Gb/s based on electroabsorption modulators," IEEE/LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, pp. 111-112, Glasgow, Scotland, Nov. 2002.
    20. F. Ohman, S. Bischoff, B. Tromborg, and J. Mork, "Noise properties and cascadability of SOA-EA regenerators," 2002 IEEE/LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, pp. 895-896, Glasgow, Scotland, Nov. 2002.
    21. T. W. Berg and J. Mork, "Ultrafast Optical Signal Processing using Semiconductor Quantum Dot Amplifiers," 2002 IEEE/LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, pp. 321-322, Glasgow, Scotland, Nov. 2002 (invited).
    22. S. Hojfeldt and J. Mork, "Modeling of Carrier Dynamics in Quantum-Well Electroabsorption modulators," IEEE J. Select. Topics Quantum Electron., vol. 8, pp. 1265-1276, Dec. 2002.
    23. S. Hojfeldt, F. Romstad, and J. Mork, "Absorption recovery in strongly saturated quantum well electroabsorption modulators," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., vol. 15, pp. 676-678, May 2003.
    24. J. Mork, L. Oxenlowe, S. Hojfeldt, F. Romstad, K. Yvind, L. Xu, F. Ohman, L. J. Christiansen, A. Tersigni, K. Hoppe, M. Lobel, and J. Hanberg, "Optical signal processing using electro-absorbers," Proc. ECIO'03 - 11th European Conference on Integrated Optics, Prague, Czech Republic, April 2003 (invited).
    25. M. L. Nielsen, M. Nord, M. N. Petersen, B. Dagens, A. Labrousse, R. Brenot, B. Martin, S. Squedin, M. Renaud, "40 Gbit/s standard-mode wavelength conversion in all-active MZI with very fast response," IEE Electron. Letters, 39 (4), 2003, pp. 385-386.
    26. M. L. Nielsen, B. Lavigne, B. Dagens, "Polarity-Preserving SOA-Based Wavelength Conversion at 40 Gb/s Using Band-Pass Filtering," IEE Electronics Letters, vol 39 (18), pp. 1334-1335, 2003.

  • Hitoshi Murai, Masatoshi Kagawa, Hiromi Tsuji, and Kozo Fujii, Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, updated on July 26, 2003
    1. H. Murai, H. T. Yamada, K. Fujii, Y. Ozeki, I. Ogura, T. Ono and H. Yokoyama, "3 x 80 Gbit/s WDM-transmission over 600 km using mode-locked laser diodes with an 80 Gbit/s OTDM module," ECOC2001, Tu.L.2.1, 2001.
    2. H. T. Yamada, H. Murai and K. Fujii, "80-Gbit/s Authentic OTDM MUX Transmitter using Reflective EAMs," OEC/IOOC 2001 Conference Incorporating ACOFT pp.309-pp.310, 2001.
    3. H. Murai, H. T. Yamada, K. Fujii and Y. Ozeki, "Carrier-suppressed Dispersion-managed RZ transmission using novel OTDM techniques with phase alternation," 2001 IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, TuC3.2, pp.29-pp.30, 2001.
    4. H. Murai, M. Kagawa, H. Tsuji, K. Fujii, Y. Hashimoto, and H. Yokoyama, "Single Channel 160 Gbit/s (40 Gbit/s x 4) 300 km-Transmission Using EA Modulator based - OTDM Module and 40GHz External - Cavity Mode-locked LD," ECOC2002, Paper 2.1.4, 2002.
    5. M.Kagawa, H.Murai, H.Tsuji and K. Fujii, "Single Channel 40 Gbit/s-based 160 Gbit/s OTDM Transmission over 180 km of SMF,"OECC2002, 9B1-2, pp.20-pp.21, 2002.
    6. Y. Fujisaku, M. Kagawa, T. Nakamura, H. Murai, H. Yamada, S. Takasaki and K. Fujii, "Development of 40 Gbit/s Transceiver Using a Novel OTDM MUX Module, and Stable Transmission with Carrier-Suppressed RZ format," IECIE Trans. Commun., vol. E85-B, no.2, pp.416-pp.422, 2002.
    7. H. Murai, H. T. Yamada and K. Fujii, "Analysis and Experiment on Soliton-Based WDM Transmission Initial Phase Alternation with OTDM Technique," IECIE Trans. Commun., vol. E85-B, no.2, pp.438-pp.445, 2002.
    8. H. Murai, M. Kagawa, H. Tsuji and K. Fujii, "All-Optical 3R-signal regeneration at 80 Gbit/s using high-speed electro-absorption modulator," OAA 2003 topical meeting, MD11, pp.94-pp.96, 2003.
    9. H. Murai, M. Kagawa, H. Tsuji and K. fujii, "Ultra fast optical transmission with EAM-based OTDM techniques," FST2003, WC-2, pp.34-pp.37, 2003.

  • Kohsuke Nishimura and Masashi Usami, KDDI R&D Laboratories, Japan, updated on June 10, 2003
    1. K. Nishimura, M. Tsurusawa and M. Usami, "Wavelength conversion with no pattern effect at 40 Gbps using an electroabsorption waveguide as a phase modulator," Proc. Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC2001), Anaheim, USA, paper WK5, Mar 2001.
    2. M. Tsurusawa, K. Nishimura and M. Usami, "Novel Scheme for Reducing the Pattern Effect in 40 Gbps SOA based All-optical Switch Utilizing Transparent CW Assist Light," Proc. 13th International Conference on Indium Phosphide and Related Materials (IPRM 2001), Nara, Japan, Paper WP-12, May 2001.
    3. M. Tsurusawa, K. Nishimura and M. Usami,, "FIRST DEMONSTRATION OF SIMULTANEOUS DEMULTIPLEXING FROM 80Gb/s TO 2x40Gb/s BY SOA-BASED All-OPTICAL POLARIZATION SWITCH," Proc. 27th European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2001), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Paper Th.F.1.1, Oct 2001.
    4. K. Nishimura, M. Tsurusawa and M. Usami, "NOVEL ALL-OPTICAL 3R REGENERATOR USING CROSS-ABSORPTION MODULATION IN RF-DRIVEN ELECTROABSORPTION WAVEGUIDE," Proc. 27th European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2001), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Paper We.F.2.4, Oct 2001.
    5. M. Tsurusawa, K. Nishimura and M. Usami, "First Demonstration of Simultaneous Demultiplexing from 40Gb/s into two channels of 20Gb/s by SOA-based All-optical Polarization Switch," IEE Electronics Letters, vol.37, pp.1398-1399, Nov 2001.
    6. K. Nishimura, M. Tsurusawa and M. Usami, "First demonstration of 40 Gbps wavelength conversion with no pattern effect utilizing cross-phase modulationon in an electroabsorption waveguide," Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Vol.41, Part 1, No.2B, pp.1178-1181, Mar 2002.
    7. M. Tsurusawa, K. Nishimura and M. Usami, "Novel Scheme for Reducing The Pattern Effect in 40 Gb/s SOA Based All-optical Switch utilizing Transparent cw Assist Light," Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, vol.41, Part 1, No.2B, pp.1199-1202, Mar 2002.
    8. M. Tsurusawa, K. Nishimura and M. Usami, "Distinct regeneration capability of 40Gbit/s signal impaired with amplitude noise and timing jitter using SOA-based all-optical polarization discriminated switch," Proc. Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC2002), Anaheim, USA, Paper TuN4, Mar 2002.
    9. K. Nishimura, M. Tsurusawa and M. Usami, "Optical 3R regeneration with single InGaAsP/InP electroabsorption modulator," Proc. 14th International Conference on Indium Phosphide and Related Materials (IPRM 2002), Stockholm, Sweden, Paper A8-3, pp.677-680, May 2002.
    10. M. Tsurusawa, R. Inohara, K. Nishimura and M. Usami, "80Gbit/s Wavelength Conversion using SOA-based All-optical Polarization Discreminated Switch," Proc. 7th OptoElectronics and Communications Conference (OECC 2002), Yokohama, Japan, Paper 11C2-3, Jul 2002.
    11. K. Nishimura, R. Inohara, M. Tsurusawa and M. Usami, "All-optical wavelength conversion utilizing cross-phase modulation in electroabsorption waveguide: Numerical analysis and 40 Gbit/s experiment," Proc. 7th OptoElectronics and Communications Conference (OECC 2002), Yokohama, Japan, Paper 11C2-5, Jul 2002.
    12. M. Usami, R. Inohara, K. Nishimura and M. Tsurusawa, "Experimental Analysis of Cross Gain Modulation and Cross Phase Modulation in SOA with Assist Light Injection," Proc. IEEE LEOS Summer Topical Meeting 2002, Mont Tremblant, Canada, Paper TuK1, Jul. 2002.
    13. M. Tsurusawa, R. Inohara, K. Nishimura and M. Usami, "Bit-rate Tunable All-optical Regeneration by SOA-based Polarization Discriminated Switch using Variable Differential Group Delay Generator," Proc. 28th European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2002), Paper 7.3.3, Sep 2002.
    14. K. Nishimura, R. Inohara, M. Tsurusawa and M. Usami, "Delayed-Interferometric Wavelength Converter Using Electroabsorption Modulator with Optimized Bandgap Wavelength," Proc. 28th European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2002), Copenhagen, Denmark, Paper 2.3.7, Sep 2002.
    15. M. Tsurusawa, R. Inohara, K. Nishimura and M. Usami, "Operation margin of all-optical regenerator at 40 Gbit/s by SOA-based polarization discriminated switch," Prco. Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC 2003), Atlanta, USA, Paper ThX3, Mar. 2003.
    16. K. Nishimura, R. Inohara, M. Tsurusawa and M. Usami, "80 Gbit/s Wavelength Conversion by MQW Electroabsorption Modulator with Delayed-Interferometer," Proc. Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC 2003), Atlanta, USA, Paper TuP5, Mar 2003.
    17. K. Nishimura, R. Inohara, M. Tsurusawa and M. Usami, "Patterning Effect at 40 Gbit/s of Wavelength Converter Utilizing Cross-Phase Modulation in InGaAsP/InP Electroabsorption Modulator," Conf. Proc. of 15th International Conference on Indium Phosphide and Related Materials (IPRM 2003), pp.198-201, Paper No. TuP27.
    18. T. Yazaki, R. Inohara, M. Tsurusawa, K. Nishimura and M. Usami, "Device Length Dependency of Cross Gain Modulation and Gain Recovery Time in Semiconductor Optical Amplifier," Conf. Proc. of 15th International Conference on Indium Phosphide and Related Materials (IPRM 2003), pp.510-512, Paper No. FA1.6.
    19. K. Nishimura, R. Inohara, M. Tsurusawa and M. Usami, "80 Gbit/s Wavelength Conversion Using MQW Electroabsorption Modulator in Delayed-Interferometric Configuration," Electronics Letters, Vol.39, No.10, pp.792-794, June 2003.

  • Paul R. Prucnal and Ivan Glesk, Princeton Univ., NJ, USA, updated on Jan. 22, 2004
    • Book chapters
      1. V. Baby, L. Xu, B. C. Wang, I. Glesk, and P. R. Prucnal, "Optical Spectral Bistability in a Widely Tuneable Fiber Ring Laser and its Applications for Bit-Level Optical Memory," Resent Research Development in Electronics, Vol. 1 - 2002, S. G. Pandalai, Editor, Transworld Research Network, Trivandrum, India, pp. 123-131.
      2. I. Glesk, D. Rand, and P. R. Prucnal, "TOAD: Ultrafast all-optical device for packet routing in future optical networks," Recent Research Development in Optics, Vol. 3, Research Signpost, Trivandrum, India, 2003, pp. 89-102, ISBN:81-271-0028-5. Invited.
      3. I. Glesk, B. C. Wang, L. Xu, V. Baby, and P. R. Prucnal, "Ultra-fast all-optical switching in optical networks," Progress in Optics Vol. 45, E. Wolf, editor, Elsevier Science, Netherlands, 2003, pp. 53-117. Invited.
    • Journal publications
      1. P. Toliver, R. J. Runser, I. Glesk, and P. R. Prucnal, "Comparison of three nonlinear interferometric optical switch geometries," Optics Communications 175, (4-6) 365-373 (2000).
      2. K. -L. Deng, R. J. Runser, I. Glesk, and P. R. Prucnal, "Demonstration of Multicasting in a 100-Gb/s OTDM Switched Interconnect," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 12, No. 5, 558-560 (2000).
      3. I. Glesk, J. Runser, Kung-Li Deng, and P. R. Prucnal, "100 Gbit/s Computer Optical Interconnect," Acta Physica Slovaca 50, (2) 229-234 (2000).
      4. P. Toliver, I. Glesk, and P. R. Prucnal, "All-optical clock and data separation technique for asynchronous packet-switched OTDM networks," Optical Communications 173, (1-6) 101-106 (2000).
      5. D. Zhou, B. C. Wang, R. J. Runser, I. Glesk, and P. R. Prucnal, "Perfectly synchronized bit-parallel WDM data transmission over a single optical fiber," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 13, (4) 382 (2000).
      6. K. -L. Deng, R. J. Runser, P. Toliver, I. Glesk, and P. R. Prucnal, "A highly scalable, rapidly-reconfigurable, multicasting-capable, 100-Gbit/s photonic switched interconnect based upon OTDM technology," Special Issue on Optical Networks in Journal of Lightwave Technology 18, (12) 1892 (2000).
      7. R. J. Runser, D. Zhou, B. C. Wang, C. Coldwell, P. Toliver, K. -L. Deng, I. Glesk, and P. R. Prucnal, "Interferometric Ultrafast SOA-based Optical Switches: From Devices to Applications," Optical and Quantum Electronics 33, No 7/10 841-874 (2001). Special Issue on Components for Ultrafast Communications. Invited paper.
      8. I. Glesk, J. Runser, and P. R. Prucnal, "New generation of devices for all-optical communications," Acta Physica Slovaca 51, (2) 151-162 (2001).
      9. P. V. Studenkov, M. R. Gokhale, J. Wei, W. Lin, I. Glesk, P. R. Prucnal, and S. R. Forrest, "Monolithic, all-optical Mach-Zehnder demultiplexer using an asymmetric twin-waveguide structure," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 13, 600 (2001).
      10. B. Wang, I. Glesk, R. J. Runser, and P. R. Prucnal, "Fast Tunable Parallel Optical Delay Line," Optics Express 8, (11) 559 (2001).
      11. B. C. Wang, L. Xu, V. Baby, D. Zhou, R. J. Runser, I. Glesk, and P. R. Prucnal, "Experimental Study on the Regeneration Capability of the Terahertz Optical Asymmetric Demultiplexer," Optics Communications 199, 83-88 (2001).
      12. L. Xu, B. C Wang, V. Baby, I. Glesk, and P. R. Prucnal, "Optical Spectral Bistability in a Semiconductor Fiber Ring Laser through Gain Saturation in a SOA," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 14, (2) 149-150 (2002).
      13. L. Xu, M. Yao, B. C. Wang, I. Glesk, and P. R. Prucnal, "All-optical Clock Division with Mode-locked Figure-eight Laser Based on the Slow Carrier Recovery Rate in Semiconductor Optical Amplifier," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 14, (3) 402-404 (2002).
      14. B. C. Wang, V. Baby, W. Tong, L. Xu, M. Friedman, R. J. Runser, I. Glesk, and P. R. Prucnal, "A novel fast optical switch based on two cascaded Terahertz Optical Asymmetric Demultiplexers (TOAD)," Optics Express 10, 15 (2002).
      15. B. C. Wang, L. Xu, V. Baby, I. Glesk, and P. R. Prucnal, "State selection of a bistable SOA ring laser for bit level optical memory applications," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 14, 989-991 (2002).
      16. L. Xu, B. C. Wang, V. Baby, I. Glesk, and P. R. Prucnal, "Performance-improved All-optical RZ to NRZ Format Conversion Using Duplicator and Wavelength Converter," Optics Communications 206, 77-80 (2002).
      17. P. R. Prucnal, V. Baby, D. Rand, B. C. Wang, and I. Glesk, "All-optical Processing in Switching Networks," IEEE LEOS Newsletter 16, (4) 13-14 (2002).
      18. B. C. Wang, V. Baby, L. Xu, I. Glesk, and P. R. Prucnal, "173-ps Wavelength Switching of Four WDM Channels Using an OTDM Channel Selector," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 14, 11 620-622 (2002).
      19. L. Xu, B. C. Wang, V. Baby, I. Glesk, P. R. Prucnal, "All-Optical Data Format Conversion Between RZ and NRZ Based on a Mach-Zehnder Interferometric Wavelength Converter," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 15, (2) 308-310 (2003).
      20. L. Xu, D. Rand, V. Baby, I. Glesk, P. R. Prucnal, "Suppression of beating noise of narrow linewidth Erbium doped fiber ring lasers using Semiconductor Optical Amplifier," Optics Letters 28, 10 780-782 (2003).
      21. I. Glesk, L. Xu, D. Rand, and P. R. Prucnal, "Wavelength tunable semiconductor fiber ring laser through electro-optical polarization control," Acta Physica Slovaca 53, (5) 413-416 (2003).
      22. V. Baby, B. C. Wang, L. Xu, I. Glesk, and P. R. Prucnal, "Highly scalable serial-parallel optical delay line," Optics Communications 218, (4-6) 235-242 APR 1 (2003).
      23. V. M. Menon, W. Tong, C. Li, F. Xia, I. Glesk, P. R. Prucnal, and S. R. Forrest, "All-Optical Wavelength Conversion Using a Regrowth-Free Monolithically Integrated Sagnac Interferometer," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 15 (2) 254-256 (2003).
      24. L. Xu, V. Baby, I. Glesk, and P. R. Prucnal, "All-optical wavelength conversion using SOA at nearly symmetric position in a fiber-based Sagnac interferometric loop," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters (2003). Accepted.
      25. L. Xu, I. Glesk, D. Rand, V. Baby, P. Prucnal, "Suppression of beating noise of narrow linewidth Erbium doped fiber ring lasers using SOA," Optics Letters, v28, pp780, 2003. (Reported by Photonics Spectra, (Photonics Research), "Eliminating beat noise in ring lasers," by Breck Hitz. Page 104-106. July, 2003).
    • Invited conference presentations
      1. I. Glesk, R. Runser, and P. R. Prucnal, "New Trends in Optical Communications," in 12th Czech-Slovak-Polish Optical Conference on Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics, Jan Perina, Miroslav Hrabovsky, Jaromir Krepelka, Editors, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 4356, pp. 102-110, (2000).
      2. I. Glesk, "TOAD an All-Optical Switch for Ultrashort Pulse Signal Processing and Networks," CLEO/PR-2001 Makahuri Messe, Chiba, Japan, June 15-19, 2001.
      3. I. Glesk and Paul Prucnal, "New Generation of All-Optical Devices for Optical Networks," WOCC 2002, Marriott International Airport, Newark, NJ, April 26-27, 2002.
      4. I. Glesk and Paul Prucnal, "New Generation of All-Optical Devices for Future Communication Networks," Photonics Prague 2002, Prague, Czech Republic, May 26-29, 2002.
      5. I. Glesk, L. Xu, V. Baby, P. Patel, D. Rand, and P. R. Prucnal, "An Optical Platform for Ultra-fast Signal Processing and Networks," Europe- U.S. -Japan Symposium on Ultrafast Photonic Technology, Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan, July 15, 2003.
    • Conference proceedings
      1. P. Toliver, R. J. Runser, I. Glesk, and P. R. Prucnal, "Comparison of Three Nonlinear Optical Switch Geometries," in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, Washington DC, 2000), pp. 254-255.
      2. D. Zhou, I. Glesk and P. R. Prucnal, "A novel optical pulse width management device," in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, Washington DC, 2000), pp. 133.
      3. R. J. Runser, I. Glesk, and P. R. Prucnal, "Experimental Demonstration of a 1.5 ps Demultiplexing Window for High Speed Optical Networks Using a Forward-Pumped Mach Zehnder TOAD," CISS2000, Proceedings of 34th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Princeton University, NJ, March 15-17, 2000.
      4. D. Zhou, B. Wang, I. Glesk and P. R. Prucnal, "Perfectly Synchronized Bit-Parallel WDM Data Transmission Over a Single Optical Fiber," The 2000 IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meetings. The Turnberry Isle Resort, Aventura, Florida 24 - 28 July 2000.
      5. B. Wang, I. Glesk, and P. R. Prucnal, "Tunable Parallel Optical Delay Line," IEEE/LEOS'00, paper WZ3, pp. 621-622, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, 13-16 November 2000.
      6. R. J. Runser, C. Coldwell, P. Toliver, I. Glesk, and P. R. Prucnal, "A Practical All-Optical Sampling Technique for High Bandwidth, Low Energy Optical Communication Signals," IEEE/LEOS'00, paper THJ3, pp. 770-771, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, 13-16 November 2000.
      7. P. V. Studenkov, M. R. Gokhale, J. Wei, W. C. Lin, I. Glesk, P. R. Prucnal, and S. R. Forrest, "Integrated, Asymmetric twin-waveguide ultrafast all-optical switch," IEEE/LEOS'00, paper WCC4, pp. 645-646, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, 13-16 November 2000.
      8. B. C. Wang, L. Xu, D. Zhou, R. J. Runser, I. Glesk, and P. R. Prucnal, "Pattern dependent effect reduction in 3R regeneration using a three wavelength Sagnac interferometer," in Photonics in Switching, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, Washington DC, 2001, pp. 49/PThC5-1 - 51/PThC5-3.
      9. I. Glesk, B. C. Wang, L. Xu, D. Zhou, R. J. Runser, P. R. Prucnal, "Bit Pattern Dependent Effect Reduction in All-Optical 3R Regeneration," 3rd Electronic Circuits and Systems Conference, In ECS'01 Conference Proceedings, pp. 39-142, Bratislava, Slovakia, September 5-7, 2001.
      10. L. Xu, B. C. Wang, V. Baby, I. Glesk, and P. R Prucnal, "Widely Tunable Fiber Ring Laser with EDFA/SOA," IEEE LEOS'01, paper WC4, pp. 421-422, Vol. 2, Hyatt Regency, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, 12-13 November 2001.
      11. L. Xu, B. C. Wang, V. Baby, I. Glesk, P. R. Prucnal, M. Yao, and J. Zhang, "All-Optical Clock-Division Operation Using a Mode-Locked Fiber Laser based on the Slow Carrier Recovery Rate of SOA," IEEE LEOS'01, paper MK4, pp. 87-88, Vol. 1, Hyatt Regency, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, 12-13 November 2001.
      12. B. Wang, L. Xu, V. Baby, I. Glesk, and P. Prucnal, "Wavelength-Tunable Optical Spectral Bistability in a Ring Laser Using a Semiconductor Optical Amplifier," IEEE LEOS'01, paper ThL1, pp. 748-749, Vol. 2, Hyatt Regency, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, 12-13 November 2001.
      13. L. Xu, B. C. Wang, V. Baby, I. Glesk, and P. R. Prucnal, "Performance-improved all-optical RZ to NRZ format conversion for hybrid optical networking interface," In Proceedings of CISS Conference, Princeton, NJ, USA.
      14. B. C. Wang, V. Baby, Lei Xu, I. Glesk, and P. R. Prucnal, "A fast optical switch based on two cascaded Terahertz Optical Asymmetric Demultiplexers (TOAD)," In Proceedings of CISS Conference, Princeton, NJ, USA.
      15. B. C. Wang, V. Baby, L. .Xu, I. Glesk, and P. R. Prucnal, "173 picosecond wavelength switching of four WDM channels using an OTDM channel selector," paper WF4, In 2002 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meeting: All-optical networking Existing& Emerging Architecture & Applications, Chateau Mont Tremblant, QC Canada, pp. 49-50, 15-17 July, 2002.
      16. P. R. Prucnal, B. C. Wang, and I. Glesk, "Systems Perspective on Optical Processing/Packet Networks," paper TuG1, In 2002 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meeting: All-optical networking Existing& Emerging Architecture & Applications, Chateau Mont Tremblant, QC Canada, pp. 15-16, 15-17 July, 2002. Invited paper.
      17. Lei Xu, Bing C Wang, Varghese Baby, Darren Rand, Ivan Glesk, and Paul R. Prucnal, "All-optical data format conversion between RZ and NRZ based on wavelength converter," Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2002. LEOS 2002. The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE, Volume: 1 , 2002, Page(s): 49 -50 paper MF2 (invited).
      18. V. M. Menon, W. Tong; C. Q. Li, F. Xia; I. Glesk, P. R. Prucnal, and S. R. Forrest, "Monolithically integrated Sagnac interferometer for all-optical wavelength conversion," Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2002. LEOS 2002. The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE, Volume: 2 , 2002, Page(s): 447 -448.
      19. V. Baby, L. Xu, I. Glesk, and P. R. Prucnal, "Highly scalable serial-parallel optical delay line," CLEO/QELS 2003, Technical Digest CD-ROM, paper CThX4, pp. 83-84, Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MA USA, June 1-6, 2003.
      20. Ivan Glesk, Lei Xu, Varghese Baby, and Paul R. Prucnal, "All-optical wavelength conversion using SOA at nearly symmetric position in a fiber-based Sagnac interferometric loop," Photonics in Switching 2003, Sep.28 - Oct.2, 2003, Versailles (Paris), France, pp.119-121.
      21. I. Glesk, L. Xu, D. Rand, and P. R. Prucnal, "Fiber Ring Laser with Computer Controlled Wavelength Tunability," 4th Electronic Circuits and Systems Conference, In ECS'03 Conference Proceedings, pp.183-186, Bratislava, Slovakia, Sep. 11-12, 2003.
      22. P. Patel, V. Baby, L. Xu, D. Rand, I. Glesk, and P. R. Prucnal, "A Scalable Wavelength-hopping, Time-spreading Optical-CDMA System," 2003 IEEE LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings Vol. 2, Oct. 29-30, 2003, pp. 1048-1049.
      23. V. Baby, B. C. Wang, L. Xu, I. Glesk, and P. R. Prucnal, "Scalable OTDM Transmitter with full Multicast Capability," 2003 IEEE LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings Vol. 1, Oct. 29-30, 2003, pp. 548-549.

  • Monique Renaud, B. Dagens, and Bruno Lavigne, Alcatel, France

  • Yasuhiro Suzuki and Yasuo Shibata, NTT Photonics Laboratories, Morinosato, Japan

  • Kazuhito Tajima and Ichiro Ogura, NEC Corporation, Tsukuba, Japan, updated on August 10, 2003
    1. Y. Ueno, S. Nakamura, and K. Tajima, 'Penalty-free error-free all-optical data pulse regeneration at 84 Gb/s by using a Symmetric-Mach-Zehnder-type semiconductor regenerator,' IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett. vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 469-471, May 2001.
    2. S. Nakamura, Y. Ueno, and K. Tajima, 'Femtosecond switching with semiconductor-optical-amplifier-based Symmetric-Mach-Zehnder-type all-optical switch,' Appl. Phys. Lett. vol. 78, no. 25, pp. 3929-3931, June 2001.
    3. K. Tajima, S. Nakamura, and Y. Ueno, 'Symmetric Mach-Zehnder type all-optical switches and ultrafast all-optical signal processing,' Transactions of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers C, vol. J84-C, no.6, pp.435-450, June 2001.
    4. K. Tajima, S. Nakamura, and Y. Ueno, 'Ultrafast all-optical signal processing with symmetric-Mach-Zehnder-type all-optical switches,' Optical and Quantum Electronics, vol. 33, pp. 875-897, 2001.
    5. S. Nakamura, Y. Ueno, and K. Tajima, '168-Gbit/s all-optical wavelength conversion with a symmetric-Mach-Zehnder-type switch,' IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett., vol. 13, no. 10, pp. 1091-1093, Oct. 2001.
    6. Y. Ueno, S. Nakamura, and K. Tajima, '5-ps, 10-GHz pulse generation from an all-optical semiconductor switch embedded in a ring cavity,' Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 79, no. 16, pp. 2520-2522, Oct. 2001.
    7. S. Nakamura, Y. Ueno, J. Sasaki, and K. Tajima, "Error-free demultiplexing at 252 Gbit/s and low-power-penalty, jitter-tolerant demultiplexing at 168 Gbit/s with integrated symmetric Mach-Zehnder all-optical switch," 27th European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2001), Sept. 30-Oct. 4, 2001, Amsterdam, Netherlands, paper Th.F.2.2.
    8. Y. Ueno, S. Nakamura, and K. Tajima, "Ultrahigh-speed data regeneration and wavelength conversion for OTDM systems (Invited Talk)," 27th European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2001), Sept. 30-Oct. 4, 2001, Amsterdam, Netherlands, paper Th.F.2.1.
    9. A. Hasegawa, H. Toda, M. Shikata, Y. Ozeki, T. Suzaki, Y. Ueno, and K. Tajima, 'Experimental demonstration of the compressed optical packet multiplexing scheme,' J. Opt. Networking, vol. 1, no. 7, pp. 221-236, July 2002.
    10. Y. Ueno, M. Takahashi, S. Nakamura, K. Suzuki, T. Shimizu, A. Furukawa, T. Tamanuki, K. Mori, S. Ae, T. Sasaki, and K. Tajima, "Control scheme for optimizing the interferometer phase bias in Symmetric-Mach-Zehnder-type all-optical switch," IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett., vol. 14, no. 12, pp. 1692-1694, Dec. 2002.
    11. Y. Ueno, S. Nakamura, and K. Tajima, "Nonlinear phase shifts induced by semiconductor optical amplifiers with control pulses at repetition frequencies in the 40-160 GHz range for use in ultrahigh-speed all-optical signal processing," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, Vol. 19, no. 11, pp. 2573-2589, Nov. 2002.
    12. S. Nakamura, Y. Ueno, and K. Tajima, "Error-free all-optical demultiplexing at 336 Gb/s with a hybrid-integrated Symmetric-Mach-Zehnder switch," Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC 2002), March 17-22, 2002, Anaheim, Postdeadline Paper FD3.
    13. Y. Ueno, M. Takahashi, S. Nakamura, K. Suzuki, T. Shimizu, A. Furukawa, T. Tamanuki, K. Mori, S. Ae, T. Sasaki, and K. Tajima, "Control scheme for optimizing the interferometer phase bias in the Symmetric-Mach-Zehnder all-optical switch," in the digest of 28th European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2002), Copenhagen, Denmark, Sept. 8-12, 2002, vol. 2, paper 4.3.2.
    14. Y. Ueno, S. Nakamura, and K. Tajima, "Ultrafast SOA-based SMZ-type all-optical regenerators and wavelength converters (Invited)," Int. Conf. on Solid State Devices & Materials (SSDM 2002), Nagoya, Sept. 17-19, 2002, paper G-4-1, pp. 342-343.
    15. Y. Ueno, M. Takahashi, S. Nakamura, K. Suzuki, T. Shimizu, A. Furukawa, T. Tamanuki, K. Mori, S. Ae, T. Sasaki, and K. Tajima, "Control scheme for optimizing the interferometer phase bias in the Symmetric-Mach-Zehnder all-optical switch (Invited Paper)," Joint Special Issue on Recent Progress in Optoelectronics and Communications, IEICE Trans. Electron. Vol. E86-C, no. 5, pp. 731-740, May 2003.
    16. T. Tamanuki, S. Nakamura, Y. Ueno, K. Tajima, S. Ae, K. Mori, H. Hatakeyama, and T. Sasaki, "Dependence of nonlinear phase shift on cavity length of SOA for all-optical signal processing," Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC 2003), Atlanta, USA, March 23-28, 2003, paper ThX4.
    17. S. Nakamura, T. Tamanuki, Y. Ueno, and K. Tajima, "Ultrafast optical demultiplexing, regeneration, and wavelength conversion with symmetric-Mach-Zehnder all-optical switches (Invited paper)," Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC 2003), Atlanta, USA, March 23-28, 2003, paper WG1.

  • Yoshiyasu Ueno, Univ. of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan, updated on Sept. 15, 2004
    1. Y. Ueno, "Theoretical reproduction of the 3R regenerative properties in an ultrafast all-optical Symmetric-Mach-Zehnder gate," 10th International Workshop on Femtosecond Technology, July 16-17, 2003, Chiba, Japan, p. 103, paper WP-9.
    2. Y. Ueno, 'All-optical signal processing for over-100-Gb/s optical TDM networks (Invited Talk),' IEEE LEOS Annual Meeting (LEOS 2003), Oct. 26-30, 2003, Tucson, USA, vol. 1, pp. 380-381.
    3. Y. Ueno, 'Theoretically predicted performance and frequency-scaling rule of a Symmetric-Mach-Zehnder optical 3R gating,' Opt. Comm. vol. 229, pp. 253-261, Jan. 2004.
    4. Y. Ueno, 'Theoretically predicted nonlinear phase imbalance for delayed-interference signal-wavelength convertors (DISC),' Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. vol. 43, no. 5B, pp. L665-L668, May 2004.
    5. R. Suzuki, Y. Nagasue, M. Toyoda, and Y. Ueno, 'Suppression of pseudorandom timing jitters and wavelength chirping properties after optical 3R gating with a Symmetric Mach-Zehnder gate,' 9th OptoElectronics and Communications Conference (OECC 2004), July 12-16, 2004, Yokohama, Japan, paper 13E2-1, pp. 90-91.
    6. M. Toyoda, R. Suzuki, and Y. Ueno, 'First modeling of amplitude-noise suppression in PDSMZ-type optical 3R gating,' submitted to Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC 2005), Los Angeles, March 6-11, 2005.

    • Please contact for updating or correcting this database:
    Yoshiyasu Ueno, University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo
    email: y.ueno@ieee.org or ueno@ee.uec.ac.jp

    Assistant students for the frequent updates: Rei Suzuki (2003), Youhei Nagasue (2003), Satoshi Kobayashi (2004), and Tomoaki Kaneko (2004).