• DocumentCode
    964500
  • Title

    Simultaneous OCDM signal transmission over multiple WDM channels using Mach-Zehnder interferometric selector

  • Author

    Yoshino, M. ; Miki, Nobuhiko ; Yoshimoto, Naoto ; Tsubokawa, Makoto

  • Author_Institution
    Access Network Service Syst. Labs., NTT Corp., Chiba
  • Volume
    44
  • Issue
    22
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    1319
  • Lastpage
    1320
  • Abstract
    Proposed is an easy technique for overlaying multiple wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) signals on optical code division multiplexing (OCDM) signals. The approach results in a broad coding spectrum for OCDM signals, and thus provides highly secure services in WDM-based networks. The technique is validated experimentally using an OCDM signal and two WDM signals.
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; code division multiplexing; encoding; wavelength division multiplexing; Mach-Zehnder interferometric selector; broad coding spectrum; multiple WDM channels; multiple wavelength division multiplexing signals; optical code division multiplexing signals; simultaneous OCDM signal transmission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20082360
  • Filename
    4658764