A novel dispersion-free interleaver for bidirectional DWDM transmission systems

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3543-3554

  Huang, Ming Fang ^a,b   Chen, Jason Jyehong ^c   Yu, Jianjun ^d   Chi, Sien ^c,d   Chang, Gee Kung ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA   (United States)

^d YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Differential phase shift keying (DPSK) modulation; Interleaver; Optical fiber communication; Optical filters; Wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) optical fiber devices

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BIREFRINGENCE; DISPERSION (WAVES); OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FILTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

BIDIRECTIONAL AMPLIFIER; DISPERSION-FREE INTERLEAVER; OPTICAL DELAY LINES;

DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 37249016984     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.907791     Document Type: Article

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