• DocumentCode
    2062700
  • Title

    OTDM add-drop multiplexer using a saw-tooth pulse shaper

  • Author

    Parmigiani, F. ; Petropoulos, P. ; Ibsen, M. ; Ng, T.T. ; Richardson, D.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    21-25 Sept. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We experimentally demonstrate the use of saw-tooth control pulses to enhance the performance of time-domain add-drop multiplexers based on cross-phase modulation in fibre and subsequent offset filtering.
  • Keywords
    multiplexing equipment; nonlinear optics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre filters; optical fibre networks; optical modulation; optical pulse shaping; phase modulation; telecommunication control; time division multiplexing; OTDM; cross-phase modulation; nonlinear fibre; optical fibre networks; optical time division multiplexing; saw-tooth control pulse shaper; subsequent offset filtering; time-domain add-drop multiplexers; Add-drop multiplexers; Optical filters; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse shaping; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Pulse modulation; Pulse shaping methods; Shape control; Space vector pulse width modulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729560
  • Filename
    4729560