Abstract
Distortion of the OCDMA auto-correlation width by fiber chromatic dispersion can severely influence incoherent OCDMA transmission based on picosecond multi-wavelength pulses. To the best of our knowledge, we report for the first time the use of SOA for manipulation of the OCDMA auto-correlation consisted of multi-wavelength code carriers in order to provide needed compensation. The OCDMA transmission system was based on two- dimensional wavelength-hopping time-spreading (2D-WH/TS) codes with 8 ps multi-wavelength pulses as the code carriers. Different techniques deploying SOA for auto-correlation width adjustment were investigated and their effectiveness was subsequently verified on the OCDMA transmission through a 17 km long fiber optic testbed connecting Strathclyde and Glasgow Universities.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 693-698 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking |
Volume | 9 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Aug 2017 |
Keywords
- incoherent OCDMA
- chromatic dispersion
- chirp
- gain dynamics
- semiconductor optical amplifier