Title :
All-optical WDM to TDM transmultiplexer
Author :
Lacey, J.P.R. ; Tucker, Rodney ; Lowery, Arthur J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Melbourne Univ., Parkville, Vic.
fDate :
9/15/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An all-optical WDM to TDM converter, or transmultiplexer, is described. The transmultiplexer is based on optical frequency conversion by gain compression in semiconductor optical amplifiers. Operation of the transmultiplexer is demonstrated experimentally, and bit error rate measurements are reported
Keywords :
multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical frequency conversion; time division multiplexing; transmultiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; all-optical WDM/TDM converter; bit error rate measurements; gain compression; optical communication equipment; optical frequency conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; transmultiplexer;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19941078
