Title :
160-gb/s all-optical limiter based on spectrally filtered optical solitons
Author :
Ohara, Takuya ; Takara, Hidehiko ; Kawanishi, Satoki ; Yamada, Takashi ; Fejer, Martin M.
Author_Institution :
NTT Network Innovation Labs., NTT Corp., Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrate all-optical limiting of a 160-Gb/s optical time-division-multiplexed signal by using spectrally filtered optical solitons. Signal input power tolerance for improving Q factors is 3.6 dB. Q factors after 230-km transmission were improved by 1.8 dB.
Keywords :
Q-factor; optical fibre communication; optical filters; optical limiters; optical solitons; time division multiplexing; 160 Gbit/s; 230 km; Q factor improvement; all-optical limiter; optical time-division-multiplexed signal; power tolerance; spectral filtered optical solitons; Fiber nonlinear optics; Limiting; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Optical signal processing; Optical solitons; Optical transmitters;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2004.833871
