All-Optical TDM Data Demultiplexing at 80 Gb/s with Significant Timing Jitter Tolerance Using a Fiber Bragg Grating Based Rectangular Pulse Switching Technology

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2518-2523

  Lee, Ju Han ^a   Oxenløwe, Leif Katsuo ^b   Ibsen, Morten ^a   Berg, Kim Skaalum ^b   Clausen, Anders T ^b   Richardson, David J ^a   Jeppesen, Palle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Demultiplexing; Fiber gratings; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical pulse shaping; Optical switches; Optical time division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DEMULTIPLEXING; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SWITCHING; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; TIMING JITTER;

GROUP VELOCITY DISPERSION (GVD); NONLINEAR OPTICAL LOOP MIRROR (NOLM); OPTICAL PULSE SHAPING; OPTICAL TIME-DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION (PMD); PULSE-SHAPING TECHNOLOGY;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0348233468     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2003.819123     Document Type: Article

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