Precise Low-Cost Optical Time Multiplexer based on the Birefringence of Polarization Maintaining Fibers

Konferenz: ECOC 2009 - 35th European Conference on Optical Communication
20.09.2009 - 24.09.2009 in Vienna, Austria

Tagungsband: ECOC 2009

Seiten: 2Sprache: EnglischTyp: PDF

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Autoren:
Nguyen, An Truong; Lazzeri, Emma (CEIIC - Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, via Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy)
Ghelfi, Paolo; Bogoni, Antonella; Potì, Luca (National Laboratory on Photonic Networks - CNIT, via Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy)

Inhalt:
A novel scheme of optical time multiplexer is presented, based on the high birefringence of polarization maintaining fiber. The scheme is highly precise, and its fiber-only construction reduces the multiplexer loss and cost.