160-Gb/s polarization-independent optical demultiplexing in 2-m nonlinear fiber

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 2245-2247

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Baltimore County   (United States)

^c LABORATORY FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demultiplexing; Nonlinear optics; Optical signal processing; Polarization; Ultrafast processes in fibers

Indexed keywords

10 GB/ S; BIREFRINGENT FIBERS; CIRCULAR POLARIZATION STATE; CROSS-PHASE MODULATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; HIGHLY NONLINEAR; INPUT DATAS; NON-LINEAR FIBER; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPTICAL DEMULTIPLEXING; OXIDE FIBERS; POLARIZATION STATE; POLARIZATION-INDEPENDENT; THEORETICAL MODELS; ULTRAFAST PROCESSES IN FIBERS;

BISMUTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; POLARIZATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPINNING (FIBERS);

DEMULTIPLEXING;

EID: 45249098023     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.884739     Document Type: Article

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