Abstract
In this letter, we propose and experimentally demonstrate a novel all-optical two-dimensional time-wavelength optical code-division multiple access (OCDMA) code-drop unit for transparent ring networks. The ultrafast all-optical code-drop unit is based on the terahertz optical asymmetric demultiplexer. We have demonstrated experimentally the capability to drop the correlated code at the desired node in a four-user ring network operating at 253 Gchips/s with a single-user bit rate of 2.5 Gb/s. Error-free operation is obtained. Dropping codes from multihop networks facilitates the development of optical add-drop multiplexers for OCDMA networks.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1088-1090 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | IEEE Photonics Technology Letters |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 2005 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Keywords
- Code-division multiple access
- Optical fiber communications
- Optical fiber local area network