Scalable ultrahigh-speed optical transmultiplexer using a time lens

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 14051-14059

  Petrillo, Keith G ^a   Foster, Mark A ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ALL-OPTICAL; CHANNEL SPACINGS; DATA RATES; DIRECT CONVERSION; INDUSTRY STANDARDS; NON-LINEAR DEVICES; OPTICAL TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; SCALABLE APPROACH; TIME LENS; TRANSMULTIPLEXERS; ULTRA HIGH SPEED;

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EID: 79960547648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.014051     Document Type: Article

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