Title :
35-dB channel suppression in OTDM add-drop multiplexing based on time-frequency signal processing
Author :
Almeida, P.J. ; Parmigiani, F. ; Ibsen, M. ; Mukasa, K. ; Petropoulos, P. ; Richardson, D.J.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
We demonstrate a time division add/drop multiplexer based on TDM-WDM-TDM conversion and fiber Bragg grating (FBG) filters with 35-dB channel suppression for the dropped channel. No crosstalk penalty is observed between the added and through channels at 40-Gb/s.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; optical crosstalk; optical fibre communication; optical fibre filters; optical information processing; telecommunication channels; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; 40 Gbit/s; FBG filters; OTDM; WDM; channel suppression; division add-drop multiplexer; dropped channel; fiber Bragg grating filters; time division; time-frequency signal processing; Bragg gratings; Chirp; Fiber gratings; Optical filters; Optical pulse generation; Optical signal processing; Signal processing; Time frequency analysis; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215662
