Signal generation and transmission at 40, 80, and 160 Gb/s using a fiber-optical parametric pulse source

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 312-314

  Torounidis, Thomas ^a   Westlund, Mathias ^a   Sunnerud, Henrik ^a   Olsson, Bengt Erik ^a   Andrekson, Peter A ^a,b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Four wave mixing; Highly nonlinear fiber (HNLF); Optical fiber communication; Optical parametric amplifier; Parametric processes; Pulse generation

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; DEMULTIPLEXING; FIBER OPTICS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

HIGHLY NONLINEAR FIBER; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIER; PARAMETRIC PROCESS; PULSE GENERATION;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 13444249883     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.839428     Document Type: Article

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