• DocumentCode
    1392285
  • Title

    Demonstration of incoherent wavelength-encoding/time-spreading optical CDMA using chirped moire gratings

  • Author

    Chen, Lawrence R. ; Smith, Peter W E

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Toronto Univ., Ont., Canada
  • Volume
    12
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    2000
  • Firstpage
    1281
  • Lastpage
    1283
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a wavelength-encoding/time-spreading optical code-division multiple-access system that uses in-fiber chirped moire gratings for encoding/decoding. We present results for a system comprising four users, one desired and three interfering, and operating at the OC-12 transmission speed (622.08 Mbit/s). Our measurements verify the principle of encoding/decoding and the rejection of multiuser interference.
  • Keywords
    chirp modulation; code division multiple access; decoding; diffraction gratings; encoding; moire fringes; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; 622.08 Mbit/s; OC-12 transmission speed; chirped moire gratings; incoherent wavelength-encoding/time-spreading optical CDMA; multiuser interference rejection; optical code-division multiple-access system; Bragg gratings; Chirp; Decoding; Encoding; Fiber gratings; Interference; Multiaccess communication; Optical reflection; Photonics; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/68.874262
  • Filename
    874262