Title :
All-Optical Combination of DPSK and OOK to 160 Gbit/s DQPSK Data Signals
Author :
Galili, Michael ; Schmidt-Langhorst, Carsten ; Ludwig, Ralf ; Futami, Fumio ; Watanabe, Shigetaka ; Schubert, Colja
Abstract :
All-optical combination of a DPSK and an OOK data signal to 160 Gbit/s DQPSK is proposed and demonstrated using highly nonlinear fiber. Error-free operation of the combiner is shown mid-span in a 320 km transmission link.
Keywords :
amplitude shift keying; differential phase shift keying; optical fibre communication; DPSK; DQPSK data signals; OOK data signal; all-optical combination; bit rate 160 Gbit/s; highly nonlinear fiber; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Error-free operation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber communication; Phase modulation; Phase shift keying; Pulse modulation; Robustness; Signal generators;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-831-4
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348685
