Title :
Meeting the need for fiber-optic transmission speed
Author_Institution :
Telecommun. Program, Asian Inst. of Technol., Pathumthani, Thailand
fDate :
9/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Review current OTDMA technology, with the emphasis on optical clock recovery and time demultiplexing. Various optical switching techniques are surveyed, and they are compared by taking account of the potential feasibility of engineering implementation. The architectures for OTDMA networks are described, and we look at all-optical clock recovery schemes that are based on traveling-wave (TW) semiconductor laser amplifiers, self-pulsating laser diodes, EO switches, mode locking of a fiber ring laser, and four-wave mixing (FWM). We also review various optical switching techniques for ultrafast time demultiplexing
Keywords :
clocks; demultiplexing; electro-optical switches; laser mode locking; multiwave mixing; optical fibre networks; semiconductor lasers; time division multiple access; travelling wave amplifiers; EO switches; OTDMA technology; fiber ring laser; fiber-optic transmission speed; four-wave mixing; mode locking; optical clock recovery; self-pulsating laser diodes; time demultiplexing; traveling-wave semiconductor laser amplifiers; Clocks; Demultiplexing; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser mode locking; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Ring lasers; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;
Journal_Title :
Circuits and Devices Magazine, IEEE
