Title :
Spectral line pairing for heterodyne OCDMA
Author :
Yang, Yi ; Cooper, A. Brinton, III ; Khurgin, Jacob B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
A novel OCDMA scheme uses spectral line pairing to generate signals suitable for heterodyne decoding. Both signal and local reference are transmitted in one optical fiber and a simple balanced receiver performs sourceless heterodyne detection.
Keywords :
code division multiple access; code division multiplexing; decoding; heterodyne detection; optical receivers; passive optical networks; balanced receiver performs; heterodyne OCDMA; heterodyne decoding; optical fiber; signal generation; spectral line pairing; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Dispersion; Optical mixing; Optical polarization; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Passive optical networks; Heterodyne detection; OCDMA; Optical fiber communication; SPE;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8940-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHO.2011.6110417
