Polarization-independent bidirectional 4×4 optical switch in free space

Optical switches play an important role in all optical communication networks and multiprocessor computer systems. The 2×2 and 4×4 optical switches are the basic units of large-scale switch matrices. Using a conventional polarization control method, the optical switch system and structure is optimized, and a novel optical switch is proposed, which has the advantages of relatively low crosstalk and insertion loss, compact and simple construction, higher performance and cost effectiveness. First, a novel 2×2 optical switch is proposed using phase spatial light modulator (PSLM), polarizing beam splitter (PBS) and mirror. This configuration uses fewer optical components, is compact in structure, efficient in performance, and insensitive to polarization of the signal beam. Second, a new optical experimental module of 4×4 optical switch is presented by cascading a 2×2 optical switch. The routing method of polarization-independent bidirectional 4×4 optical switch is investigated. Finally, the operational characteristics of the polarization-independent bidirectional 2×2 and 4×2 optical switches are discussed in detail.     

Experimental realization of quantum cryptography communication in free space

Quantum cryptography is a new secure communication protocol with the combina- tion of quantum mechanics and information theory[1]. Its security depends on the laws of physics and has been proved strictly[2,3]. Quantum communication is the art of generat- ing and transmitting the keys through a quantum channel between two parties, usually called Alice and Bob. Unlike the classical key distribution, the quantum keys are gener- ated in the process of transmission instantaneously. The keys can be…     

40 Gb/s, secure optical communication based upon fast reconfigurable time domain spectral phase en/decoding with 40 Gchip/s optical code and symbol overlapping

We propose and experimentally demonstrate a 40 Gb/s secure optical communication system with on-off-keying (OOK) modulation format by using a time domain spectral phase en/decoding scheme, which employs a highly dispersive element and high-speed phase modulator for introducing significant symbol overlapping for both the encoded and incorrectly decoded noiselike signals to enhance the information security against eavesdropping using a power detector. The influence of dispersion and chip modulation rate on the symbol overlapping of the incorrectly decoded signal has been analytically investigated and experimentally verified. Security enhancement for 40 Gb/s OOK data using fast reconfigurable 40 Gchip/s optical codes with code lengths of up to 1024 has been demonstrated and compared with a 10 Gb/s system.     

Study on the 4×10 Gb/s,400 km dispersion compensation by chirped optical fiber grating

In this paper, the dispersion compensation for 4×10 Gb/s, 400 km G.652 fiber by chirped optical fiberBragg grating (FBG)is introduced.For the first time,we have measured and compensated the polarizationmode dispersion(PMD)of FBG, which in each channel is less than 1.1 ps.When the bit crror rate(BER)is 10~(-10)and the bit error is zero, the transmission power penalty of each channel is less than 2 dB, andthe best, result is negative which means that the receiver sensitivity is increased after transmission.     

10 Gb/s全光3R再生的研究

报道了对10Gb／s恶化数据信号的全光3R(再放大、再定时、再整形)再生的实验研究。针对利用基于半导体光放大器的注入锁模环形激光器进行时钟恢复时的码型效应问题,提出了利用梳状滤波器对信号进行预处理。利用这个技术极大的减小了由于码型效应造成的时钟信号的幅度和时间抖动,从恶化的数据信号中恢复出无码型效应的高质量光时钟脉冲。信号整形的关键是光判决门,性能良好的判决门可以进一步提高信号的消光比、减小抖动。研究了基于电吸收调制器的信号再整形。利用上述器件构成的3R再生器,实现了10Gb／s恶化信号的全光3R再生。     

4×10Gb/s 400km 啁啾光纤光栅色散补偿研究

介绍了利用光纤光栅成功实现了4×10Gb/s 400km G-652光纤的色散补偿，各信道传输部分在误码率为10-10时，无误码传输的功率代价均小于2dB，且最好的功率代价为负值- 关键词： 光纤光栅 色散补偿 功率代价     

An optical OFDM multiplexer and 16 × 10 Gb/s OOFDM system using serrodyne optical frequency translation based on LiNbO3 phase modulator

This paper proposes an all-optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) multiplexer based on sawtooth wave driving LiNbO₃ phase modulators by using serrodyne optical frequency translation. This multiplexer has high integration ability. The designing concept and implementation method have been discussed. A 16 × 10 Gb/s optical OFDM system is designed based on this multiplexer. Transmission characteristics, including tolerances of polarization mode dispersion (PMD) and nonlinear impairments have been studied numerically. Simulations show that the PMD tolerance is about 42 ps. The spectral efficiency reaches 1 bit/s/Hz with binary modulation format.     

利用非线性光纤环镜160Gb/s到10Gb/s解时分复用

研究了160 Gb/s光时分复用(OTDM)系统的解复用技术.针对160 Gb/s速率的特点,对高非线性光纤(HNLF)的光纤环镜(NOLM)特性及解复用进行了数值仿真.计算了低信号光时间抖动下解复用误码特性对时钟与信号的走离及时钟功率的依赖关系.计算了三种走离值消光比随时钟功率增加的变化趋势并给出:存在一个能获得最大的解复用窗口消光比、并能降低相邻信道串扰的合适的时钟功率范围.利用自制的基于电吸收调制器和压缩技术的超短光脉冲源建立了160 Gb/s OTDM实验系统,测量了不同信号光功率下NOLM的消光比,它基本不随信号增大而变化,在信号功率为7.3 dBm时仍大于23 dB.利用上述装置实现了无误码的160 Gb/s到10 Gb/s全光解复用.     

Highly integrated 3×3 silicon thermo-optical switch using a single combined phase shifter for optical interconnects

We report on an experimental 3×3 thermo-optical switch on silicon on insulator. By controlling a single combined phase shifter, light from any input waveguide can be directed to any output waveguide, showing a simple control method and highly integrated structure as compared to the conventional multiway optical switches. Furthermore, the proposed optical switch can be generalized to be a 1×N and N×N optical switch without an extra phase shifter. The switch is fabricated by complementary metal oxide semiconductor technology. By experiment, full 3×3 switching functionality is demonstrated at a wavelength of 1.55 μm, with an average cross talk of -11.1 dB and a power consumption of 97.5 mW.     

Simulation of 16 × 10 Gb/s WDM system based on optical amplifiers at different transmission distance and dispersion

In this paper, the 16 channel WDM systems at 10 Gb/s have been investigated for the various optical amplifiers and hybrid optical amplifiers and the performance has been compared on the basis of transmission distance and dispersion. The amplifiers EDFA and SOA have been investigated independently and further compared with hybrid optical amplifiers like RAMAN-EDFA and RAMAN-SOA. It is observed that hybrid optical amplifier RAMAN-EDFA provides the highest output power (12.017 and 12.088 dBm) and least bit error rate (10^?40 and 9.08 × 10^?18) at 100 km for dispersion 2 ps/nm/km and 4 ps/nm/km respectively.     

BER analysis of DPSK–SIM over MIMO free space optical links with misalignment

Free-space optics (FSO) is a safe, license-free, high speed and high-bandwidth cordless technique for broadcasting signals at the same speed as fiber optics. But the main drawback of FSO is the dissolution of the signals due to atmospheric turbulence and thus degrading the link performance. So, to enhance the bit error rate (BER) performance, spatial diversity is employed over the FSO links for single-input multiple-output FSO (SIMO-FSO) systems. In this paper, we analyze the BER performance of SIMO-FSO links with spatial diversity and multiple-input multiple-output FSO (MIMO-FSO) systems over gamma–gamma atmospheric turbulence fading channel with misalignment (pointing errors). The closed form expressions are derived for the same with various combining schemes in terms of the Meijer G function and also evaluate the results with 2D and 3D graphs.     

16×10Gb/s啁啾光纤光栅色散补偿系统性能研究

运用啁啾光纤光栅法对在G.652光纤传输的16×10 Gb/s信号实现色散补偿数值模拟和研究,分析了入纤光功率、色散斜率以及啁啾光纤光栅色散补偿带宽对系统误码率的影响,结论是:入纤光功率在8～16 dBm之间时系统的性能较好;啁啾光纤光栅的色散补偿带宽对系统的影响较大;光纤的色散斜率对系统误码率有一定的影响.     

4×10Gb/s OTDM系统中偏振模色散自适应补偿的研究

利用信号偏振度为反馈信号，基于可变步长最大值搜索算法实现了4×10?Gb/s 光时分复用 （OTDM）系统偏振模色散（PMD）自适应跟踪补偿实验.PMD补偿器为偏振控制器加可变时延 线的四自由度结构.最大差分群时延（DGD）补偿量为25?ps，即信号的一个比特周期，补偿 时间小于50?ms. 关键词： 偏振模色散 光时分复用系统 偏振度 自适应补偿     

Demonstration of an 8×10-Gb/s OTDM system

An 8×10 Gb/s optical time-division-multiplexing (OTDM) system was demonstrated with an electroab-sorption modulator (EAM) based short pulse generator followed by a two-stage nonlinear compression scheme which generated stable 10-GHz, 2-ps full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) pulse train, an optoelectronic oscillator (OEO) that extracted 10-GHz clock with a timing jitter of 300 fs from 80-Gb/s OTDM signal and a self cascaded EAM which produced a switching window of about 10 ps. A back-to-back error free demultiplexing experiment with a power penalty of 3.25 dB was carried out to verify the system performance.     

Demonstration of a 16×10-Gb/s OTDM system

A 16×10-Gb/s optical time-division-multiplexing (OTDM) system was demonstrated experimentally with a well-designed ultrashort pulse source based on an electro-absorption modulator (EAM) and nonlinear fiber compressor. The obtained 10-GHz stable and pedestal-free pulse train has 2-ps width, high extinction ratio, and low timing jitter. An ultrafast demultiplexer based on a nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM) including a commercially available highly nonlinear fiber (HNLF) is employed to demultiplex data signal from 160 to 10 Gb/s. A back-to-back error-free demultiplexing experiment is carried out to verify the system performance.     

基于TOAD的10Gb/s全光或门

基于太赫兹光非对称解复用器（TOAD），提出了一种全光或门的实现方案.从TOAD原理出发，从理论上证实了该方案实现全光或运算的可行性.在此基础上进行了实验研究，成功实现了10 Gb/s的全光或运算.实验采用1100和0110编码的两路数据信号，完全验证了或运算真值表中各种可能的情况，并显示出该方案对实现任意编码或伪随机码数据或运算的潜力.对SOA增益恢复时间对结果的影响提出了改进办法.最后分析表明,该方案具有实现超高速高消光比或运算的潜力.     

Fifty-five km reach,bidirectional, 400 Gb/s(40×10 Gb/s), channel-reuse DWDM–PON employing a self-wavelength managed tunable laser

We experimentally demonstrate a channel-reuse bidirectional 10 Gb∕s∕λ long-reach dense wavelength-division multiplexing passive optical network(DWDM-PON) and an optical beat-noise-based automatic wavelength control method for a tunable laser used in a colorless optical network unit(where λ· wavelength). A55 km, bidirectional, 400 Gb/s(40 × 10 Gb∕s) capacity channel-reuse transmission with 100 GHz channel spacing is achieved. The transmission performance is also measured with different optical signal to Rayleigh backscattering noise ratios and different central wavelength shifts between upstream and downstream in the channel-reuse system.     

4×10 Gb/s 412 km密集波分复用光纤光栅色散补偿的实验

研制了一种多波长啁啾光纤布拉格 (Bragg)光栅 ,波长、波长间隔符合ITU T标准 ,利用这种多波长啁啾光栅可以同时对多信道波长进行色散补偿 ,光栅的每个波长补偿范围满足ITU T对应信道波长波动的要求 ,并进行了 4× 10Gb/s、4 12km波分复用色散补偿实验 ,实验结果比色散补偿光纤模块要好 ,无误码功率代价都小于 2dB。     

40 Gb/s信号全光3R再生实验

提出一种新型40 Gb/s全光3R再生器方案。采用高精细度法布里-珀罗滤波器进行时钟提取。时钟提取前,通过高稳定光源对输入信号光波长变换实现信号光波长和法布里-珀罗滤波器梳状窗口对准;时钟提取后,接半导体光放大器(SOA)进一步消除时钟信号噪声。全光判决中,采用双半导体光放大器串联增大非线性性能,提高了判决门的响应速度。判决输出接窄带滤波器去除脉冲啁啾拖尾,减小码型效应。实验中,恶化40 Gb/s光脉冲信号通过全光3R再生器可以得到再生脉冲。输入恶化信号时间抖动大于5 ps,脉冲宽度大于16 ps,再生得到的信号时间抖动小于1.5 ps。再生信号相对于输入信噪比改善14 dB。连续稳定工作记录大于15 h。通过实验验证,这种全光3R再生器方案成功地实现了40 Gb/s信号的再生。     

2×40 Gb/s OCDM using superstructure fiber Bragg gratings en/decoder

A 7-chip, 280 Gb/s optical code-division multiplexing (OCDM) system incorporating quaternary phase coding and decoding superstructured fiber Bragg gratings (SSFBGs) is experimentally demonstrated. Only ordinary phase masks and sub-micrometer precision are needed to fabricate the encoding and decoding SSFBGs. Interchannel interference noise is also considered and evaluated, 2-channel 40 (Gb/s)/channel (2×40 Gb/s) signal transmission is demonstrated.