Title :
All-optical OFDM transmission with coupler-based IFFT/FFT and pulse interleaving
Author :
Huang, Yue-Kai ; Saperstein, Robert ; Wang, Ting
Author_Institution :
NEC Labs. America Inc., Princeton, NJ
Abstract :
We report a novel design for high-speed all-optical OFDM employing coupler interferometry for IFFT/FFT. 160-Gb/s DQPSK transmission using eight sub-carriers was simulated, while 25-Gb/s DPSK experiment using two sub-carriers was performed using matched delay interferometers.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; differential phase shift keying; discrete Fourier transforms; light interferometry; optical couplers; optical pulse generation; optical pulse shaping; quadrature phase shift keying; wavelength division multiplexing; DQPSK transmission; all-optical OFDM transmission; bit rate 160 Gbit/s; bit rate 25 Gbit/s; coupler interferometry; coupler-based IFFT/FFT; discrete Fourier transforms; matched delay interferometers; optical couplers; optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; optical pulse shaping; pulse interleaving; Couplings; Delay; Interleaved codes; OFDM; Optical interferometry; Optical pulse shaping; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters; Passive optical networks; Discrete Fourier transforms; optical couplers; optical pulse shaping; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Acapulco
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1931-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1932-6
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688663
