All-optical 80-Gb/s time-division demultiplexing using polarization-insensitive cross-phase modulation in photonic crystal fiber

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1329-1331

  Lenihan, A S ^a,b   Salem, R ^c   Murphy, T E ^c   Carter, G M ^a,b  

^a Baltimore County   (United States)

^b LABORATORY FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Demultiplexing; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber communications; Polarization; Time division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; DEMULTIPLEXING; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PHASE MODULATION; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; POLARIZATION; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS;

CLOCK PULSE POLARIZATION; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; DEMULTIPLEXING;

10 GB/ S; ALL-OPTICAL; CLOCK PULSE; CROSS-PHASE MODULATIONS; DEMULTIPLEXERS; OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION; POLARIZATION SENSITIVITY; POLARIZATION STATE; POLARIZATION TIME; POLARIZATION-INSENSITIVE; POWER PENALTY; TIME-DIVISION DEMULTIPLEXING;

EID: 33846949350     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.876745     Document Type: Article

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