DocumentCode
1182767
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.
Volume
30
Issue
19
fYear
1994
fDate
9/15/1994 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1612
Lastpage
1613
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19941078
Filename
326355
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