Title :
Supercontinuum lightwave source for next generation optical networks
Author_Institution :
NTT Network Innovation Labs., NTT Corp., Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract :
Recent progress on supercontinuum lightwave source is presented. It provides coherent 200 nm optical bandwidth, providing more than 1,000 high-quality optical carriers for DWDM. Multi-wavelength short pulses for OTDM/WDM, and an extremely precise optical frequency grid for frequency standards.
Keywords :
frequency standards; light sources; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; optical pulse generation; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; DWDM; TDM; coherent optical bandwidth; extremely precise optical frequency grid; frequency standards; high-quality optical carriers; multi-wavelength short pulses; next generation optical networks; supercontinuum lightwave source; Bandwidth; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency; Next generation networking; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2002. LEOS 2002. The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7500-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2002.1133946
