Title :
All-optical time-division-multiplexing of 100 Gbit/s signal based on four-wave mixing in a travelling-wave semiconductor laser amplifier
Author :
Kawanishi, Satoki ; Okamoto, K. ; Ishii, M. ; Kamatani, O. ; Takara, Hidehiko ; Uchiyama, Kenji
Author_Institution :
Opt. Network Syst. Lab., NTT, Kanagawa
fDate :
5/22/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
All-optical time-division multiplexing is experimentally demonstrated using four-wave mixing in a semiconductor laser amplifier. A 100 GHz, 1.562 μm signal is modified by 10 Gbit/s signals to generate 1.552 μm subchannels in a 100 Gbit/s signal and its error free operation is confirmed
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical fibre communication; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; time division multiplexing; 1.562 micrometre; 100 Gbit/s; all-optical time-division-multiplexing; error free operation; four-wave mixing; optical fibre; optical transmitters; subchannels; travelling-wave semiconductor laser amplifier;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19970638
