Title :
Flexible and Reconfigurable Time-Domain Demultiplexing of Optical Signals at 160 Gb/s
Author :
Roelens, Michaël A F ; Bolger, Jeremy A. ; Williams, D. ; Frisken, Steve J. ; Baxter, Glenn W. ; Clarke, Aisling M. ; Eggleton, Benjamin J.
Author_Institution :
Finisar Australia, Waterloo, NSW
fDate :
5/15/2009 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We present experimental results showing reconfigurable switching of four 40-Gb/s tributary channels in a 160-Gb/s data signal using Fourier-domain temporal pulse shaping and all-optical processing. Arbitrary combinations of multiple tributary channels are switched out of a high-speed data-modulated signal. The performance is characterized using a fast optical sampling oscilloscope and bit-error-rate measurements.
Keywords :
Fourier transform optics; demultiplexing equipment; error statistics; high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre networks; optical information processing; optical modulation; optical pulse shaping; oscilloscopes; telecommunication channels; telecommunication switching; time division multiplexing; time-domain analysis; Fourier-domain temporal pulse shaping; all-optical processing; bit rate 160 Gbit/s; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; bit-error-rate measurements; high-speed data-modulated signal; multiple tributary channels; optical sampling oscilloscope; optical signals; reconfigurable switching; time-domain demultiplexing; Nonlinear optics; optical pulse shaping; time-division multiplexing; time-division switching;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2009.2015463
