Title :
Optical code-wavelength conversion for hybrid OCDM/WDM networks
Author :
Kitayama, Ken-ichi ; Sotobayashi, Hideyuki
Author_Institution :
Commun. Res. Lab., Minist. of Posts & Telecommun., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
Error-free optical code-wavelength conversion is demonstrated for the first time at 1.24 Gbit/s by using 4-chip bipolar optical codes. This functionality is crucial to the cross-connect and add/drop multiplexing in future hybrid OCDM/WDM transport networks
Keywords :
codes; error statistics; multiplexing; multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; optical wavelength conversion; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.24 Gbit/s; add/drop multiplexing; bipolar optical codes; cross-connect multiplexing; error-free optical code-wavelength conversion; functionality; hybrid OCDM/WDM networks; hybrid OCDM/WDM transport networks; optical code-wavelength conversion; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber networks; Optical films; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical mixing; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Optical wavelength conversion; WDM networks;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 1998. 24th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Madrid
Print_ISBN :
84-89900-14-0
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.1998.732579
