Title :
OTDM to WDM format conversion based on cascaded SHG/DFG in a single PPLN waveguide
Author :
Liu, Sheng ; Lee, Kwang Jo ; Parmigiani, Francesca ; Ibsen, Morten ; Petropoulos, Periklis ; Richardson, David ; Gallo, Katia
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
We propose and experimentally demonstrate error-free OTDM to WDM format conversion based on cSHG/DFG within a 30 mm-long PPLN waveguide and a time-to-frequency domain conversion approach, which relies upon switching a linearly chirped pulse.
Keywords :
time division multiplexing; time-frequency analysis; wavelength division multiplexing; OTDM to WDM format conversion; PPLN waveguide; cascaded SHG/DFG; linearly chirped pulse; size 30 mm; time-to-frequency domain conversion; Chirp; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optical devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical harmonic generation; Optical mixing; Optical waveguides; Time division multiplexing; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
