WDM to OTDM multiplexing using an ultrafast all-optical wavelength converter

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1005-1007

  Olsson, Bengt Erik ^b   Rau, Lavanya ^c   Blumenthal, Daniel J ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b University of California   (United States)

^c Optillion AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fiber optics; Optical multiplexing; Optical networks

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; BANDWIDTH; BIT ERROR RATE; COCHANNEL INTERFERENCE; CROSSTALK; FIBER OPTICS; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; LASER MODE LOCKING; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL FIBERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA; ULTRASHORT PULSES; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ALL-OPTICAL WAVELENGTH CONVERTERS; OPTICAL TIME-DIVISION-MULTIPLEXING (OTDM);

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0035441641     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.942675     Document Type: Article

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4. Control pulse-induced crosstalk in propagation diversity and conventional nonlinear optical loop mirrors
5. A simple and robust 40-Gb/s wavelength converter using fiber cross-phase modulation and optical filtering
6. Wavelength dependence and power requirements of a wavelength converter based on XPM in a dispersion shifted optical fiber