Title :
160-Gb/s OTDM de-multiplexing based on a pulsed pump optical parametric amplifier
Author :
Liang, Yu ; Zhou, Yue ; Chui, P.C. ; Wong, Kenneth K Y
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Abstract :
We report the experimental demonstration of pulsed pump optical parametric amplifier for all-optical time de-multiplexing of 160-Gb/s signals. 14.5-dB of conversion gain with less than 2-dB power penalty were achieved for de-multiplexed sixteen 10-Gb/s tributaries.
Keywords :
demultiplexing; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; time division multiplexing; OTDM demultiplexing; all-optical time demultiplexing; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; bit rate 160 Gbit/s; conversion gain; gain 14.5 dB; power penalty; pulsed pump optical parametric amplifier; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; (060.4370) Nonlinear Optics, fibers; (070.4340) Nonlinear optical signal processing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2606-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-865-0
