Title :
Demonstration of an all-optical interface between wavelength-hopping time-spreading optical CDMA and WDM networks
Author :
Baby, Varghese ; Glesk, Ivan ; Huang, Yue-Kai ; Xu, Lei ; Prucnal, PAul R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate efficient, high-performance format conversion from wavelength-hopping time-spreading (WHTS) optical CDMA to NRZ using a terahertz optical asymmetric demultiplexer (TOAD), with 1 dB power penalty. Schemes for interfacing WHTS and WDM networks are presented.
Keywords :
code division multiple access; code division multiplexing; demultiplexing equipment; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM network; all-optical interface; terahertz optical asymmetric demultiplexer; wavelength-hopping time-spreading optical CDMA; High speed optical techniques; Multiaccess communication; Optical fiber networks; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters; Stimulated emission; WDM networks; Wavelength conversion; Wavelength converters; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2005 Digest of the
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8981-6
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2005.1528063
