High-speed optical WDM-to-TDM conversion using fiber nonlinearities

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1441-1447

  Wu, Xiaoxia ^a   Bogoni, Antonella ^b   Nuccio, Scott R ^a   Yilmaz, Omer Faruk ^a   Scaffardi, Mirco ^b   Willner, Alan E ^a  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

^b National Laboratory of Photonic Networks   (Italy)

Author keywords

Optical fiber communication; time division multiplexing (TDM); ultrafast nonlinear processes; wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH OXIDES; CROSS-PHASE MODULATIONS; FIBER NONLINEARITIES; HIGH-SPEED; HIGHLY NONLINEAR FIBERS; NON-LINEARITY; OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION; POWER PENALTY; SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATIONS; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (TDM); ULTRAFAST NONLINEAR PROCESS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (WDM);

BISMUTH; FIBERS; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 77957854028     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2009.2037025     Document Type: Article

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