Title :
A flexible, pulsewidth tunable, 10 GHz source of transform-limited pulses for high bit rate OTDM/WDM transmission systems
Author :
Guy, M.J. ; Chernikov, S.V. ; Taylor, J.R. ; Moodie, D.G. ; Kashyap, R.
Author_Institution :
Blackett Lab., Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK
Abstract :
Future high bit-rate communications systems are likely to rely on the multiplexing of many channels, either in the time or frequency domain. We describe a simple and flexible 10 GHz source of transform-limited pulses of selectable duration in the range 20 ps-200 fs suitable for optical time division multiplexing (OTDM) at rates approaching 1 Tbit/s. This source can also be adapted to produce several synchronised 10 GHz channels with selectable pulse durations at different wavelengths suitable for wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) applications
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibre networks; pulse generators; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; 1 Tbit/s; 10 GHz; 20 ps to 200 fs; OTDM/WDM transmission systems; channels multiplexing; frequency domain; high bit rate communications systems; optical time division multiplexing; pulsewidth tunable source; selectable pulse durations; time domain; transform-limited pulses; wavelength division multiplexing; wavelengths;
Conference_Titel :
Towards Terabit Transmission, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
DOI :
10.1049/ic:19950717
