• DocumentCode
    3528148
  • Title

    OTDM-to-WDM Conversion based on Wavelength Conversion and Time Gating in a Single Optical Gate

  • Author

    Morais, R. ; Meleiro, Rui ; Monteiro, Pedro ; Marques, Paulo

  • Author_Institution
    R. Irmaos Siemens, NOKIA SIEMENS Networks Portugal S.A., Porto, Portugal
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    24-28 Feb. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    OTDM-to-WDM conversion from 128.1Gbit/s to 3x42.7Gbit/s is achieved by wavelength conversion using side filtering of SPM broadened spectrum in HNLF, followed by a single electro-absorption modulator based optical gate. A maximum 2dB penalty was achieved.
  • Keywords
    electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; OTDM-to-WDM conversion; optical time division multiplexing; side filtering; single electro-absorption modulator; single optical gate; time gating; wavelength conversion; Bit rate; Filtering; Frequency conversion; High speed optical techniques; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical wavelength conversion; Wavelength conversion; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-856-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2008.4528586
  • Filename
    4528586