@inproceedings{2af42a8d68104d979502f4c1a6044907,
title = "Design and demonstration of a novel incoherent optical CDMA system",
abstract = "A detailed analysis of the scalability of two-dimensional optical codes is presented and two network deployment architectures for optical code division multiple access (OCDMA) are discussed. We present the architecture and code design for a highly scalable, 2.5 Gb/s per user OCDMA system. The system is scalable to 100 potential and more than 10 simultaneous users, each with BER of less than 10-9. The system architecture uses fast wavelength-hopping, time-spreading codes. Unlike phase sensitive coherent OCDMA systems, this architecture utilizes standard on-off-keyed optical pulses allocated in the time and wavelength domains. This incoherent OCDMA approach is compatible with existing WDM optical networks and utilizes off-the-shelf components. We discuss a novel optical subsystems design for encoders and decoders that enable the realization of a highly scalable incoherent OCDMA system with rapid reconfigurability. We demonstrate the operation of 4 simultaneous users operating at OC-48 (∼2.5 Gbit/s) with a power penalty of <0.5dB and the reduction of multiple-access interference using ultrafast all-optical sampling with newly proposed TOAD-based OCDMA receiver.",
author = "I. Glesk and V. Baby and Br{\`e}s, {C. S.} and Prucnal, {P. R.} and Kwong, {W. C.}",
year = "2005",
doi = "10.1109/MILCOM.2005.1606142",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "0780393937",
series = "Proceedings - IEEE Military Communications Conference MILCOM",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "3155--3161",
booktitle = "MILCOM 2005",
address = "United States",
note = "MILCOM 2005: Military Communications Conference 2005 ; Conference date: 17-10-2005 Through 20-10-2005",
}