Title :
Rapidly reconfigurable phase code generation and recognition using fiber Bragg gratings
Author :
Zhang, Zhaowei ; Tian, Chun ; Mokhtar, Mohd R. ; Petropoulos, Periklis ; Richardson, David J. ; Ibsen, Morten
Author_Institution :
Southampton Univ.
Abstract :
We demonstrate a 16-chip, 40 Gchip/s, reconfigurable fiber Bragg grating based quaternary phase en/decoder with a tuning time of <2s between two different phase codes
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; decoding; optical fibre communication; optical fibres; phase coding; fiber Bragg gratings; phase code generation; phase code recognition; quaternary phase decoder; quaternary phase encoder; rapidly reconfigurable code generation; Bragg gratings; Decoding; Encoding; Fiber gratings; Optical fibers; Optical tuning; Refractive index; Temperature; Tungsten; Wires;
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.2006.215964