A new wide-band pulse-restoration technique for digital fiber-optic communication systems using temporal gratings

Author

Hakimi, H. ; Hakimi, F. ; Hall, K.L. ; Rauschenbach, K.A.

Author_Institution

Lincoln Lab., MIT, Lexington, MA, USA

Volume

11

Issue

8

fYear

1999

Firstpage

1048

Lastpage

1050

Abstract

We demonstrate a new wide-band (over 20 nm) pulse-restoration technique, based on real-time Fourier transformation of an array of pulses acting as a temporal grating in a dispersive medium. A compression factor of 48 is demonstrated using an array of 16 coherent pulses. This method can be adapted for long-distance digital high-data rate, dense wavelength-division-multiplexed and time-division-multiplexed communication over single-mode fibers. We anticipate the pulse compression factor will vary by less than 10% over a bandwidth of 100 nm.

Keywords

Fourier transforms; compensation; diffraction gratings; digital communication; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical pulse compression; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; coherent pulses; compression factor; digital fiber-optic communication systems; dispersive medium; long-distance digital high-data rate; pulse compression factor; real-time Fourier transformation; single-mode fibers; temporal gratings; time-division-multiplexing; wavelength-division-multiplexing; wide-band pulse-restoration technique; Chromatic dispersion; Fiber gratings; Optical diffraction; Optical distortion; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical pulses; Optical ring resonators; Pulse compression methods; Wideband;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.775342

Filename

775342