Byte-level parametric wavelength exchange for narrow pulsewidth return-to-zero signal

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 1591-1593

  Shen, Mengzhe ^a   Xu, Xing ^a   Yuk, T I ^a   Wong, Kenneth K Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Nonlinear fiber optics; Optical communication; Packet switching; Parametric devices

Indexed keywords

ERROR FREE OPERATIONS; NONLINEAR FIBER OPTICS; PARAMETRIC WAVELENGTHS; POWER PENALTY; PULSEWIDTHS; RETURN-TO-ZERO SIGNALS; SIGNAL CHANNELS; SQUARE-WAVE; TIME SLOTS;

BIT ERROR RATE; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PACKET SWITCHING; PHOTONICS; PUMPS;

PARAMETRIC DEVICES;

EID: 70350393706     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2009.2030688     Document Type: Article

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