Abstract
We demonstrate the use of fiber Bragg grating based pulse-shaping technology to provide timing jitter tolerant data demultiplexing in an 80 Gb/s all-optical time division multiplexing (OTDM) system. Error-free demultiplexing operation is achieved with ∼ 6 ps timing jitter tolerance using superstructured fiber Bragg grating based 1.7 ps soliton to 10 ps rectangular pulse conversion at the switching pulse input to a nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM) demultiplexer comprising highly nonlinear dispersion shifted fiber (HNLF). A 2-dB power-penalty improvement is obtained compared to demultiplexing without the pulse-shaping grating.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2518-2523 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of Lightwave Technology |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 2003 |
Keywords
- Demultiplexing
- Fiber gratings
- Optical fiber communication
- Optical fiber devices
- Optical pulse shaping
- Optical switches
- Optical time-division multiplexing