Performance investigation of one-to-six wavelength multicasting of ASK-DPSK signal in a highly nonlinear bismuth oxide fiber

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 2953-2957

  Fok, Mable P ^a,b   Shu, Chester ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced modulation format; Four wave mixing; Highly nonlinear bismuth oxide fiber; Orthogonal modulation; Wavelength multicasting

Indexed keywords

20 GB/S; ADVANCED MODULATION FORMAT; BIT ERROR RATE MEASUREMENTS; DIFFERENTIAL PHASE-SHIFT KEYING; DPSK SIGNALS; EYE DIAGRAMS; HIGHLY NONLINEAR; HIGHLY NONLINEAR BISMUTH OXIDE FIBER; MULTICAST; MULTICAST CHANNELS; ORTHOGONAL MODULATION; POWER PENALTY; WAVELENGTH MULTICASTING;

BISMUTH; BIT ERROR RATE; FIBERS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; MODULATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PHASE SHIFT KEYING;

MULTICASTING;

EID: 67651148409     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.2008663     Document Type: Article

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