Demonstration of all-optical self-clocked demultiplexing of TDM data at 250 Gb/s

Reports the first demonstration of all-optical self-clocked demultiplexing of TDM data at 250 Gb/s. The demultiplexer, called a "TOAD", is compact and requires sub-picojoule switching energy. Cross-talk measurements of pseudorandom data in adjacent, 4 ps-width time slots exhibit a BER of less than 10/sup /spl minus/9/ with strong jitter immunity.<<ETX>>