Title :
Exact nonlinear pulse compression and variable rate conversion of TDM, WDM, and polarization multiplexed packets
Author_Institution :
Lincoln Lab., MIT, Lexington, MA, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. We describe nonlinear methods for rate conversion of data packets and pulse compression. Time dilations have many applications and are essential for future optical telecommunications systems and processors. Here, nonlinear compression is achieved by launching linearly chirped pulses or packets into a medium with spatially varying properties (dispersion, nonlinearity, gain/loss, or phase modulation) such as dispersion-decreasing fiber, but with different dispersion profiles than previously reported. Exact analytic treatment is achievable, unlike prior reports.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; nonlinear optics; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; optical fibre theory; optical pulse compression; phase modulation; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; TDM; WDM; data packets; dispersion; dispersion profiles; dispersion-decreasing fiber; exact analytic treatment; future optical telecommunications systems; gain; linearly chirped packets; linearly chirped pulses; loss; nonlinear compression; nonlinear methods; nonlinear pulse compression; nonlinearity; optical telecommunications processors; phase modulation; polarization multiplexed packets; pulse compression; rate conversion; spatially varying properties; time dilation; variable rate conversion; Chirp; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber losses; Optical modulation; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulses; Phase modulation; Pulse compression methods; Pulse modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2000. (CLEO 2000). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-634-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2000.907084
