Title :
Investigations of fiber Kerr switch: nonlinear phase shift measurements and optical time-division demultiplexing of 320 Gbit/s DPSK signals
Author :
Marembert, V. ; Schubert, C. ; Weinert, C. ; Weber, H.G. ; Schulze, K. ; Futami, F. ; Watanabe, S.
Author_Institution :
Fraunhofer Inst. for Telecommun., Heinrich-Hertz-Inst., Germany
Abstract :
We investigated the cross-phase modulation (XPM) induced phase shift in a highly nonlinear fiber using a Kerr-switch configuration. The switch was tested as demultiplexer of RZ-DPSK data signals up to 320 Gbit/s.
Keywords :
demultiplexing equipment; differential phase shift keying; optical Kerr effect; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical switches; phase modulation; time division multiplexing; 320 Gbit/s; RZ-DPSK data signal; cross-phase modulation; fiber Kerr-switch configuration; nonlinear phase shift measurement; optical time-division demultiplexing; Demultiplexing; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Optical switches; Phase measurement; Probes;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202149
