All-optical TDM data demultiplexing at 80 Gb/s with significant timing jitter tolerance using a fiber Bragg grating based rectangular pulse switching technology |
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Authors: | Ju Han Lee Oxenlwe LK Ibsen M Berg KS Clausen AT Richardson DJ Jeppesen P |
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Affiliation: | Optoelectronics Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, UK; |
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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 /spl sim/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. |
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