All-optical TDM data demultiplexing based on a highly nonlinear fiber Kerr gate using a linearly chirped rectangular control pulse

P. J. Almeida, J. H. Lee, M. Ibsen, P. Petropoulos, B. Thomsen, P. C. Teh, F. Parmigiani, D. J. Richardson

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Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate an OTDM demultiplexer based on a fiber Kerr gate which uses a linearly-chirped rectangular control pulse generated by shaping a spectrally broadened pulse with a fiber Bragg grating. Error-free, 40Gbit/s to 10Gbit/s demultiplexing is successfully achieved.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1744-1745
Number of pages2
JournalOSA Trends in Optics and Photonics Series
Volume88
StatePublished - 2003
EventConference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO); Postconference Digest - Baltimore, MD, United States
Duration: 1 Jun 20036 Jun 2003

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