Sources for ultra-high bit rate telecommunication based on an EA modulator in conjunction with soliton compression

Author

Chernikov, S.V. ; Guy, M.J. ; Taylor, J.R. ; Moodie, D.G.

Author_Institution

Femtosecond Opt. Group, Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK

fYear

1996

fDate

35172

Firstpage

42401

Lastpage

42405

Abstract

In the work presented here we demonstrate the use of linear and nonlinear compression techniques to extend the range of applications of such a source in order to make it suitable for use as a source for optical time division multiplexing (OTDM) up to 1 TBit/s and also as a low repetition rate master source for optical demultiplexing and processing. In conclusion we have demonstrated a number of different techniques, both linear and nonlinear, for the compression of pulses generated by an electroabsorption (EA) modulator. Using linear phase modulation and dispersive chirp compensation we have shown a compression factor of 1.7, while nonlinear techniques have been shown to be capable of compression factors of up to 28

Keywords

electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; high-speed optical techniques; optical communication equipment; optical information processing; optical pulse compression; optical solitons; time division multiplexing; 1 Tbit/s; EA modulator; OTDM; compression factor; dispersive chirp compensation; electroabsorption modulator; linear compression techniques; linear phase modulation; low repetition rate master source; nonlinear compression techniques; nonlinear techniques; optical demultiplexing; optical processing; optical pulse compression; optical time division multiplexing; soliton compression; ultra-high bit rate telecommunication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Optical Solitons: Principles and Applications, IEE Colloquium on

Conference_Location

Birmingham

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/ic:19960539

Filename

543508