Title :
Bi-directional photonic conversion between 4/spl times/10 Gbit/s OTDM and WDM by optical time-gating wavelength interchange
Author :
Sotobayashi, H. ; Chujo, W. ; Ozeki, T.
Author_Institution :
Commun. Res. Lab., Minist. of Posts & Telecommun., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
Novel photonic conversion and reconversion of 40 Gbit/s (4/spl times/10 Gbit/s) OTDM-to-WDM-to-OTDM by wavelength interchange using optical time-gating of highly chirped supercontinuum and high speed pulse trains are proposed and experimentally demonstrated.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; telecommunication channels; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 40 Gbit/s; OTDM; WDM; bi-directional photonic conversion; high speed pulse trains; highly chirped supercontinuum; optical time-gating; optical time-gating wavelength interchange; photonic conversion; photonic reconversion; wavelength interchange; Bidirectional control; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical receivers; Optical saturation; Pulse amplifiers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2001. OFC 2001
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-655-9
