160-Gb/s Optical OFDM Demultiplexer based on Photonic Ring Resonators

A novel all-optical OFDM demultiplexer based on integrated photonic ring resonators (RR) is proposed and its performance validated. The proposed optical OFDM demultiplexer overcome the processing speed limits introduced by electronics and is suitable for very large scale integration, providing a compact and cost-effective solution. The performance of this device considering a Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) platform has been demonstrated by demultiplexing a 160-Gb/s (4- subcarrier x 40-Gb/s) OFDM signal. Simulations results show excellent BER performance with error-free operation for each demultiplexed subchannel. This work was partially supported by FP7-ICT–2011–7–288267 SARABAND project. Vilar Mateo, R.; Ramos Pascual, F.; Martí Sendra, J. (2012). 160-Gb/s Optical OFDM Demultiplexer based on Photonic Ring Resonators. En Networks and Optical Communications (NOC), 2012 17th European Conference on. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). 83-87. https://doi.org/10.1109/NOC.2012.6249919