8x8 Full-duplex Demonstration of Asynchronous, 10Gbps, DPSK-OCDMA System using Apodized SSFBG and multi-port En/Decoder

Conference: ECOC 2009 - 35th European Conference on Optical Communication
09/20/2009 - 09/24/2009 at Vienna, Austria

Proceedings: ECOC 2009

Pages: 2Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Kataoka, Nobuyuki; Wada, Naoya (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), 4-2-1, Nukui-Kitamachi, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8795, Japan)
Wang, Xu (Heriot Watt University, UK)
Cincotti, Gabriella (University Roma Tre, Italy)
Terada, Yoshihiro (Fujikura Ltd., Japan)
Kitayama, Ken-ichi (Osaka University, Japan)

Abstract:
We develop a novel apodized, 16-level-phase-shifted SSFBG encoder/decoder, which can improve the system performance of OCDMA system. Error free (BER<10-9) transmissions of 8x8 full-duplex, asynchronous, 10Gbps, DPSK-OCDMA system over 50km are successfully demonstrated.