A. Poustie

Publications (46)39 Total impact

• Article: Phase-Incoherent DQPSK Wavelength Conversion Using a Photonic Integrated Circuit

  M. Bougioukos, T. Richter, C. Kouloumentas, V. Katopodis, R. Harmon, D. Rogers, J. Harrison, A. Poustie, G. Maxwell, C. Schubert, H. Avramopoulos
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  ABSTRACT: We investigate the performance of a large-scale, silica-on-silicon photonic integrated circuit for multiformat signal processing, and we experimentally demonstrate wavelength-conversion of (differential) quadrature phase-shift keying [(D)QPSK] signals. The circuit exploits phase-incoherent techniques to decode the input signal and to phase remodulate two phase-shift-keying components before combining them in a common QPSK output stream. Error-free wavelength conversion with 4-dB power penalty is reported at 44 Gb/s.
  IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 12/2011; · 2.19 Impact Factor
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  Article: Multi-format all-optical processing based on a large-scale, hybridly integrated photonic circuit.

  M Bougioukos, Ch Kouloumentas, M Spyropoulou, G Giannoulis, D Kalavrouziotis, A Maziotis, P Bakopoulos, R Harmon, D Rogers, J Harrison, A Poustie, G Maxwell, H Avramopoulos
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  ABSTRACT: We investigate through numerical studies and experiments the performance of a large scale, silica-on-silicon photonic integrated circuit for multi-format regeneration and wavelength-conversion. The circuit encompasses a monolithically integrated array of four SOAs inside two parallel Mach-Zehnder structures, four delay interferometers and a large number of silica waveguides and couplers. Exploiting phase-incoherent techniques, the circuit is capable of processing OOK signals at variable bit rates, DPSK signals at 22 or 44 Gb/s and DQPSK signals at 44 Gbaud. Simulation studies reveal the wavelength-conversion potential of the circuit with enhanced regenerative capabilities for OOK and DPSK modulation formats and acceptable quality degradation for DQPSK format. Regeneration of 22 Gb/s OOK signals with amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) noise and DPSK data signals degraded with amplitude, phase and ASE noise is experimentally validated demonstrating a power penalty improvement up to 1.5 dB.
  Optics Express 06/2011; 19(12):11479-89. · 3.59 Impact Factor
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  Conference Proceeding: Large-scale photonic integrated circuit for multi-format regeneration and wavelength conversion

  M Spyropoulou, M Bougioukos, G Giannoulis, C Kouloumentas, D Kalavrouziotis, A Maziotis, P Bakopoulos, R Harmon, D Rogers, J Harrison, A Poustie, G Maxwell, H Avramopoulos
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  ABSTRACT: We demonstrate a large-scale silica-on-silicon photonic integrated circuit with 4 hybridly integrated SOAs for multi-format regeneration and wavelength conversion. Power penalty improvement up to 1.5 dB is reported for degraded OOK and PSK signals.
  Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference; 03/2011
• Conference Proceeding: Colourless 10Gb/s reflective SOA-EAM with low polarization sensitivity for long-reach DWDM-PON networks

  D. Smith, I. Lealman, X. Chen, D. Moodie, P. Cannard, J. Dosanjh, L. Rivers, C. Ford, R. Cronin, T. Kerr, L. Johnston, R. Waller, R. Firth, A. Borghesani, R. Wyatt, A. Poustie
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  ABSTRACT: We demonstrate a 10 Gb/s reflective SOA-REAM device that has low polarization sensitivity, high output power and colourless operation over the C-band. Long reach capability is also demonstrated by transmission over 80 km of standard optical fibre.
  Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on; 10/2009
• Conference Proceeding: Upstream burst-mode operation of a 100km reach, 16 × 512 split hybrid DWDM-TDM PON using tuneable external cavity lasers at the ONU-side

  C. Antony, P. Ossieur, G. Talli, P.D. Townsend, H.G. Krimmel, A. Poustie, R. Wyatt, B. Harmon, I. Lealman, G. Maxwell, D. Rogers, D.W. Smith
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  ABSTRACT: This paper presents the first burst-mode system tests of a new hybrid 10 Gb/s DWDM-TDM PON. The upstream channels in the network are enabled by combining novel, cost-effective tuneable ONU lasers and a gain-stabilized EDFA (BM-EDFA).
  Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on; 10/2009
• Conference Proceeding: Operation of an integrated DWDM comb source in a reflection modulated WDM-PON system

  A. Legarrea, R. Wyatt, D. Nesset, A. Poustie, K. Farrow, P. Wright
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  ABSTRACT: We present a compact DWDM comb source based on an integrated optical platform. Operation of the device in a 32-channel, 50 km WDM-PON system using 1.25 Gbit/s reflective modulation is reported.
  Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on; 10/2009
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  Available from: Francesco Fresi

  Conference Proceeding: 160 Gb/s all-optical contention resolution with prioritization using integrated photonic components

  P. Bakopoulos, P. Zakynthinos, E. Kehayas, L. Stampoulidis, F. Fresi, C. Porzi, N. Calabretta, C. Kouloumentas, D. Petrantonakis, A. Maziotis, [......], M. Guina, D. Klonidis, L. Poti, E. Tangdiongga, A. Poustie, G. Maxwell, I. Tomkos, A. Bogoni, H.J.S. Dorren, H. Avramopoulos
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  ABSTRACT: We present for the first time 160 Gb/s all-optical contention resolution with prioritization using integrated photonic devices. Error-free operation verifies that complex photonic systems are possible and could play a central role in future high-capacity networks.
  Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on; 10/2009
• Article: Contention Resolution for Burst-Mode Traffic Using Integrated SOA-MZI Gate Arrays and Self-Resetting Optical Flip-Flops

  D. Apostolopoulos, P. Zakynthinos, L. Stampoulidis, E. Kehayas, R. McDougall, R. Harmon, A. Poustie, G. Maxwell, R. Van Caenegem, D. Colle, M. Pickavet, E. Tangdiongga, H.J.S. Dorren, H. Avramopoulos
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  ABSTRACT: We demonstrate a photonic routing system that resolves the contention between bursty optical packets. The circuit is realized exclusively with integrated photonic components through the interconnection of semiconductor optical amplifier Mach-Zehnder interferometers gate arrays and optical flip-flops. The system resolves the contention - without burst segmentation - in the wavelength domain with a low power penalty ( < 1 dB).
  IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 01/2009; · 2.19 Impact Factor
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  Article: All-Optical Four-Wavelength Burst Mode Regeneration Using Integrated Quad SOA-MZI Arrays

  D. Petrantonakis, P. Zakynthinos, D. Apostolopoulos, A. Poustie, G. Maxwell, H. Avramopoulos
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  ABSTRACT: We demonstrate an all-optical four-wavelength 3R burst mode regenerator, operating error-free with 10-Gb/s variable length data packets that exhibit 6-dB packet-to-packet power variation. The circuit was implemented using a sequence of three integrated quadruple semiconductor optical amplifier-based Mach-Zehnder interferomentric arrays.
  IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 01/2009; · 2.19 Impact Factor
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  Conference Proceeding: Successful interconnection of SOA-MZI arrays and flip-flops to realize intelligent, all-optical routing

  P. Zakynthinos, D. Apostolopoulos, L. Stampoulidis, E. Kehayas, A. Poustie, G. Maxwell, R. Van Caenegem, D. Colle, M. Pickavet, E. Tangdiongga, H.J.S. Dorren, H. Avramopoulos
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  ABSTRACT: We demonstrate an intelligent routing system through the interconnection of 8 optical gates. Contention resolution of bursty packets using integrated MZIs and flip-flops is reported with <1dB power penalty.
  Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on; 10/2008
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  Available from: Paraskevas Bakopoulos

  Article: Enabling Tb/s Photonic Routing: Development of Advanced Hybrid Integrated Photonic Devices to Realize High-Speed, All-Optical Packet Switching

  L. Stampoulidis, D. Apostolopoulos, D. Petrantonakis, P. Zakynthinos, P. Bakopoulos, O. Zouraraki, E. Kehayas, A. Poustie, G. Maxwell, H. Avramopoulos
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  ABSTRACT: We present recent advances in photonic integration introduced by integration-related European research project IST-MUFINS. The contribution of the project in the progress of a functional photonic integration is outlined, from device fabrication to device application focusing on photonic routing using multielement photonic chips. Specifically, we report on the transition from single-element to multielement photonic devices with the fabrication of hybrid integrated arrays of optical switches exploiting and upgrading the silica-on-silicon hybrid photonic integration. We demonstrate how the enhanced processing power and capacity of these components can be exploited to implement key functionalities required in next-generation fully integrated terabits per second photonic routers.
  IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 06/2008; · 3.78 Impact Factor
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  Article: 160-Gb/s All-Optical Packet Switching Over a 110-km Field Installed Optical Fiber Link

  J Herrera, O. Raz, E. Tangdiongga, Y Liu, H.C.H. Mulvad, F Ramos, J. Marti, G. Maxwell, A. Poustie, M.T. Hill, H. de Waardt, G.D. Khoe, A.M.J. Koonen, H.J.S. Dorren
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  ABSTRACT: Demonstration of all-optical packet switching at 160 Gb/s over a total of 110-km field installed optical fiber link is reported. The packet switch architecture is based solely on photonic circuits: an optical filter as label processor, an all-optical flip-flop as memory element and an ultrafast wavelength converter as router. Both flip-flop and wavelength converter uses semiconductor optical amplifiers which allows for photonic integration. The switch operates at low power levels and shows potential scalability. Error-free operation is shown without forward error correction technology.
  Journal of Lightwave Technology 02/2008; 26(1):176-182. · 2.78 Impact Factor
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  Article: Cascaded Operation of a 2R Burst-Mode Regenerator for Optical Burst Switching Network Transmission

  P. Zakynthinos, G.T. Kanellos, D. Klonidis, D. Apostolopoulos, N. Pleros, A. Poustie, G. Maxwell, I. Tomkos, H. Avramopoulos
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  ABSTRACT: We demonstrate the cascaded operation of an all-optical 2R burst-mode regenerator consisting of a single Mach-Zehnder interferometer, using a loop configuration that introduces a 6-dB power variation on each recirculation of the data. The device is shown to regenerate error-free 10-Gb/s data streams for up to six successive loop recirculations.
  IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 12/2007; · 2.19 Impact Factor
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  Conference Proceeding: All-optical devices for ultrafast packet switching

  H.J.S. Dorren, J. Herrera, O. Raz, E. Tangdiongga, Y. Liu, J. Marti, F. Ramos, G. Maxwell, A. Poustie, H.C.H. Mulvad, M.T. Hill, H. de Waardt, A.M.J. Koonen, G.D. Khoe
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  ABSTRACT: We discuss integrated devices for all-optical packet switching. We focus on monolithically integrated all-optical flip-flops, ultra-fast semiconductor based wavelength converters and explain the operation principles. Finally, a 160 Gb/s all-optical packet switching experiment over 110 km of field installed optical fiber is described.
  Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE; 11/2007
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  Conference Proceeding: Comparison of All-Optical XOR Gates at 42.6Gbit/s

  X. Yang, A. K. Mishra, R. J. Manning, R. P. Webb, G. Maxwell, A. Poustie, R. Harmon
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  ABSTRACT: We report for the first time the 42.6Gbit/s bit-error rate performance of two types of all-optical XOR gates based on semiconductor optical amplifiers. We compare a hybrid integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometer with a dual UNI arrangement.v
  Optical Communication (ECOC), 2007 33rd European Conference and Ehxibition of; 10/2007
• Conference Proceeding: High Temperature, Colourless Operation of a Reflective Semiconductor Optical Amplifier for 2.5Gbit/s upstream transmission in a WDM-PON

  A. Borghesani, I. F. Lealman, A. Poustie, D. W. Smith, R. Wyatt
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  ABSTRACT: Wide temperature range operation of a reflective SOA as a high-speed, colourless upstream modulator is demonstrated in a WDM-PON architecture. 2.5Gbit/s upstream transmission over 10km up to 80deg C is shown across the C-band.
  Optical Communication (ECOC), 2007 33rd European Conference and Ehxibition of; 10/2007
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  Article: Implementation of an All-Optical Time-Slot-Interchanger Architecture

  O. Zouraraki, K. Yiannopoulos, P. Zakynthinos, D. Petrantonakis, E. Varvarigos, A. Poustie, G. Maxwell, H. Avramopoulos
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  ABSTRACT: We demonstrate a wavelength-converter-based optical time-slot-interchanger. It consists of three cascaded programmable delay stages and employs the first hybrid integrated, on a chip, quadruple array of semiconductor optical amplifier Mach-Zehnder interferometer switches. It exhibits error-free operation with 10-Gb/s nonreturn-to-zero packets and a power penalty of 1.8 dB.
  IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 10/2007; · 2.19 Impact Factor
• Conference Proceeding: 160 Gb/s all-optical packet switching field experiment

  H.J.S. Dorron, J. Herrera, O. Raz, E. Tangdiongga, Y. Liu, J. Marti, F. Ramos, G. Maxwell, A. Poustie, H.C.H. Mulvad, M.T. Hill, H. de Waardt, A.M.J. Koonen, G.D. Khoe
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  ABSTRACT: We discus an all-optical packet switching experiment over 110 km of field installed optical fiber. The switching node is controlled by solely photonic control circuits.
  Photonics in Switching, 2007; 09/2007
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  Article: 160-Gb/s All-Optical Packet-Switching With In-Band Filter-Based Label Extraction and a Hybrid-Integrated Optical Flip-Flop

  J. Herrera, E. Tangdiongga, Y. Liu, M.T. Hill, R. McDougall, A. Poustie, G. Maxwell, F. Ramos, J. Marti, H. de Waardt, G.D. Khoe, A.M.J. Koonen, H.J.S. Dorren
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  ABSTRACT: An in-band labeling scheme with filter-based label extraction is employed for very high-speed optical packet-switching. The scheme shows a potentially high scalability, up to 25 labels in a 5-nm bandwidth packet using commercial arrayed waveguide gratings as the label processor. Switching is demonstrated using packets with two different 9-ns labels, 6.4- and 4.6-ns guard times, and 56.8-ns payload at 160 Gb/s. The system uses a tunable optical filter as the label extractor, a hybrid integrated optical flip-flop, and a high-speed semiconductor-optical-amplifier-based wavelength converter. Error-free operation is achieved with acceptable error penalties.
  IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 08/2007; · 2.19 Impact Factor
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  Available from: Paraskevas Bakopoulos

  Article: Optical signal processing using integrated multi-element SOA-MZI switch arrays for packet switching

  N. Pleros, P. Zakynthinos, A. Poustie, D. Tsiokos, P. Bakopoulos, D. Petrantonakis, G.T. Kanellos, G. Maxwell, H. Avramopoulos
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  ABSTRACT: The use of discrete but interconnected SOA-MZI switches for performing logical and highly functional processing tasks, demonstrating the multi-functional potential of the photonic switching elements is discussed. An all-optical 3R burst-mode receiver consisting of four SOA-MZI switches and operating error-free with 40-Gb/s optical bursts, proving that interconnection of multiple switching units can lead to the realisation of key network node functionalities offering increased intelligence at the physical layer is presented. In order to allow for easier interconnectivity between the SOA-MZI switches and to provide compactness and cost effectiveness to the developed subsystems, the integration of multiple switches into the same platform is proposed. To this end, the implementation of the first integrated quadruple SOA-MZI switch array is reported, increasing the integration density level and reducing packaging and pigtailing costs. Finally, possible applications of integrated multiple switch arrays are discussed, indicating their suitability for producing compact circuits performing common processing tasks in a multi-wavelength environment, as well as their potential to lead to the development of an all-optical high-speed packet switched node by implementing critical packet switching functionalities in a compact and efficient way.
  IET Optoelectronics 07/2007; · 1.03 Impact Factor