Photonic gateway for bi-directional OCDM-WDM conversions at 40 Gbit/s (4 × 10 Gbit/s)

Author

Sotobayashi, Hideyuki ; Chujo, Wataru ; Kitayama, Ken-Jchi

Author_Institution

Independent Administrative Instn., Commun. Res. Lab., Koganei, Japan

fYear

2002

fDate

17-22 Mar 2002

Firstpage

601

Lastpage

603

Abstract

We have experimentally demonstrated photonic gateway, which performs multiplexing format conversions of 40 Gbit/s (4 × 10 Gbit/s) OCDM-to-WDM and WDM-to-OCDM. These results have been realized by ultrafast photonic processing such as optical encoding/decoding, SC generation along with spectrum slicing, and optical time-gating. A distinct properties include a strict transparency and potential for the ultra-highspeed operation above multi-tera bit/s. The proposed schemes would become crucial in the future photonic nodes of WAN/MAN and LAN.

Keywords

code division multiplexing; decoding; encoding; high-speed optical techniques; metropolitan area networks; optical fibre LAN; wavelength division multiplexing; wide area networks; 10 Gbit/s; 40 Gbit/s; LAN; OCDM-to-WDM; WAN/MAN; WDM-to-OCDM; bi-directional OCDM-WDM conversion; multi-tera bit/s. photonic nodes; multiplexing format conversions; optical encoding/decoding; optical time-gating; photonic gateway; spectrum slicing; transparency; ultrafast photonic processing; Bidirectional control; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical pumping; Optical receivers; Optical wavelength conversion; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002. OFC 2002

Print_ISBN

1-55752-701-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2002.1036589

Filename

1036589