Title :
RZ pulse source for optical time division multiplexing based on self-phase modulation and four wave mixing
Author :
Wiberg, A.O.J. ; Brès, C. -S ; Windmiller, J.R. ; Alic, N. ; Radic, S.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA
Abstract :
We present an RF-driven two-stage 40 GHz RZ pulse source based on self-phase modulation and a fiber optic parametric amplifier, for generation of 1.1 ps pulses, and demonstrate generation of OTDM data up to 320 Gb/s.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse generation; self-phase modulation; time division multiplexing; OTDM generation; RF-driven two-stage RZ pulse source; bit rate 320 Gbit/s; fiber optic parametric amplifier; four wave mixing; frequency 40 GHz; optical time division multiplexing; self-phase modulation; time 1.1 ps; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse modulation; Time division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE/LEOS Winter Topicals Meeting Series, 2009
Conference_Location :
Innsbruck
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2610-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2611-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSWT.2009.4771743
