Nonlinear optical thresholding using a saturable absorber and two-photon absorption based device

Author

Dexter, Karl J. ; Reid, Douglas A. ; Barry, Liam P.

Author_Institution

Res. Inst. for Networks & Commun. Eng., Dublin City Univ., Dublin, Ireland

fYear

2009

fDate

14-19 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

Optical code division multiple access (OCDMA) has been proposed as an attractive alternative for access networks due to its advantages over current wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) and optical time division multiplexing (OTDM), such as asynchronous transmission, fair division of bandwidth and quality of service control. However, OCDMA systems suffer from the phenomenon of multiple access interference (MAI) which is generated by other channels transmitting over the same fibre as the desired data signal. This MAI noise reduces system performance and increases proportionally with the number of channels in the system.

Keywords

code division multiple access; interference (signal); optical saturable absorption; phonon-phonon interactions; OCDMA; OTDM; WDM; access networks; asynchronous transmission; multiple access interference; nonlinear optical thresholding; optical code division multiple access; optical time division multiplexing; quality of service control; saturable absorber; two-photon absorption; wavelength division multiplexing; Absorption; Fiber nonlinear optics; Multiaccess communication; Multiple access interference; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical noise; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4079-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4080-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5196545

Filename

5196545