Title :
A 10-/spl mu/s-tuning MEMS-actuated Gires-Tournois filter for use as a tunable wavelength demultiplexer and a tunable OCDMA encoder/decoder
Author :
Ebrahimi, P. ; Kargar, Mahyar ; Hauer, Michelle C. ; Willner, Alan E. ; Yu, Kyoungsik ; Solgaard, Olav
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. and Syst., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
We use a wavelength-tunable GTI mux/demux with 10 /spl mu/s switching time to demonstrate rapid wavelength switching of data streams in a WDM system as well as code hopping in a time-wavelength OCDMA system. We observe <0.5dB power-penalty.
Keywords :
code division multiple access; codecs; decoding; demultiplexing equipment; encoding; light interferometers; micro-optics; micromechanical devices; multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre filters; optical switches; optical tuning; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 mus; Gires-Tournois filter; Gires-Tournois interferometer; MEMS; WDM; code hopping; decoder; encoder; optical CDMA; tunable wavelength demultiplexer; wavelength data switching;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
