Title :
Tunable OTDM to WDM conversion enabled by a programmable optical filter
Author :
Drummond, Miguel V. ; Teixeira, António L J ; Monteiro, Paulo P. ; Nogueira, Rogério N.
Author_Institution :
Inst. de Telecomun., Campus Univ. de Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal
Abstract :
A tunable OTDM to WDM format converter based on a programmable optical filter is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. Error-free performance was achieved for several input tributary to output channel mappings with identical power penalties.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; optical filters; programmable filters; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM format converter; optical network; output channel mapping; programmable optical filter; tunable OTDM; tunable optical time-domain multiplexing; wavelength-division multiplexing format converter; Adaptive optics; Bit error rate; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical pulses; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2011 16th
Conference_Location :
Kaohsiung
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-288-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-986-02-8974-9
