Title :
40 Gbit/s × 4 channel, all-optical multi-channel limiter based on spectrally filtered optical solitons
Author :
Ohara, T. ; Takara, H. ; Hirano, Akira ; Mori, Kazuo ; Kawanishi, S.
Author_Institution :
NTT Network Innovation Laboratories, NTT Corporation, 1-1 Hikari-no-oka, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, 239-0847 Japan, Tel: +81-468-59-3832, Fax: +81-468-59-3396, e-mail: ohara@exa.onlab.ntt.co.jp
Abstract :
We demonstrate simultaneous all-optical limiting of a 40 Gbit/s, 4 channel WDM signal by using spectrally filtered optical solitons. Received power at the bit-error-rate of 10-9was improved by over 2 dB in all channels.
Keywords :
Bit rate; Chirp; Fluctuations; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical solitons; Phase modulation; Space vector pulse width modulation; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN :
87-90974-63-8
