Title :
All-optical sampling using cross-absorption modulation in electroabsorption modulator for optical performance monitor
Author :
Mori, Takashi ; Otani, Akihito ; Otani, Tomohiro
Author_Institution :
Anritsu Corp., Atsugi
Abstract :
All-optical sampling is experimentally demonstrated using cross-absorption modulation in an electroabsorption modulator. A clear eye opening with 7-ps temporal resolution was obtained by optimizing the pump pulse.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; optical fibre networks; optical information processing; signal resolution; signal sampling; all-optical sampling; cross-absorption modulation; electroabsorption modulator; optical performance monitor; optical transparent network; pump pulse optimization; temporal resolution; High speed optical techniques; Monitoring; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Sampling methods; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brussels
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2227-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2228-9
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729283
