Title :
Reconfigurable OTDM Demultiplexing Using Time- and Wavelength-Interleaved Pulses in an Optical Parametric Amplifier
Author :
Lei, Gordon K P ; Shu, Chester
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
Abstract :
We demonstrate a new technique of reconfigurable demultiplexing of optical time-division-multiplexing (OTDM) signal. The operation is achieved by pump depletion in an optical parametric amplifier using probe pulses from a time- and wavelength-interleaved laser source. Error-free operations have been achieved for both adjacent and alternate two-channel demultiplexing with power penalties less than 0.6 dB at 40 Gb/s.
Keywords :
demultiplexing; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; time division multiplexing; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; error-free operations; laser source; optical parametric amplifier; optical time-division-multiplexing signal; power penalties; pump depletion; reconfigurable OTDM demultiplexing; time-interleaved pulses; two-channel demultiplexing; wavelength-interleaved pulses; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Add/drop multiplexer; multiwavelength pulses; optical parametric amplification;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2011.2157485
