Ultrafast photonic devices for tera-bit/s optical TDM/WDM communications

Author

Saruwatari, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Defense Acad., Kanagawa, Japan

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

Aug. 30 1999-Sept. 3 1999

Firstpage

114

Abstract

This tutorial reviews ultrafast all-optical photonic devices indispensable for developing future tera-bits transmission systems employing optical time-division multiplexing (OTDM) and wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) technology. Focus is placed on various key technologies including OTDM/WDM signal pulse generation, all-optical multiplexing/demultiplexing, optical timing extraction, and optical sampling technique. Also their application to OTDM/WDM transmission experiments over several Tbit/s capacity will be introduced.

Keywords

clocks; demultiplexing; high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre communication; optical pulse generation; optical switches; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; all-optical multiplexing/demultiplexing; optical sampling technique; optical time-division multiplexing; optical timing extraction; signal pulse generation; tera-bit/s optical TDM/WDM communications; tera-bits transmission systems; ultrafast all-optical photonic devices; ultrafast photonic devices; wavelength-division multiplexing; Demultiplexing; Optical devices; Optical pulse generation; Photonics; Pulse generation; Sampling methods; Time division multiplexing; Timing; Ultrafast optics; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO/Pacific Rim '99. The Pacific Rim Conference on

Conference_Location

Seoul, South Korea

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5661-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.1999.811650

Filename

811650