Title :
Real-time all-optical waveform sampling using a passively mode-locked fiber laser as the sampling pulse source
Author :
Kiatchanog, Thanakom ; Igarashi, Koji ; Tanemura, Takuo ; Wang, Dexung ; Katoh, Kazuhiro ; Kikuchi, Kazuro
Author_Institution :
Tokyo Univ.
Abstract :
Using the newly developed eye-construction algorithm, we demonstrate a cost-effective all-optical sampling system, incorporating a free-running sampling pulse source. Polarization-insensitive eye-diagram construction of 160-Gb/s signals is realized at 0.3 sec/scan in the entire C band
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser mode locking; optical fibre communication; signal sampling; 160 Gbit/s; 4 to 8 GHz; C band; all-optical waveform sampling; eye-construction algorithm; fiber laser; free-running pulse source; passive mode-locking; polarization-insensitive eye-diagram; real-time waveform sampling; sampling pulse source; Clocks; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser mode locking; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Sampling methods; Synchronization;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215598
