All-Optical TDM Data Demultiplexing at 80 Gb/s with Significant Timing Jitter Tolerance Using a Fiber Bragg Grating Based Rectangular Pulse Switching Technology

Ju Han Lee, Leif Katsuo Oxenløwe, Morten Ibsen, Kim Skaalum Berg, Anders T. Clausen, David J. Richardson, Palle Jeppesen

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2518-2523
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Lightwave Technology
Volume21
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2003

Keywords

  • Demultiplexing
  • Fiber gratings
  • Optical fiber communication
  • Optical fiber devices
  • Optical pulse shaping
  • Optical switches
  • Optical time-division multiplexing

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