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Self-Induced Fast Light in Optical Fibers Using Stimulated Brillouin Scattering without Any Pump Sources

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• National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC) 2008 paper: JThA1
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• Sakamoto, Taiji; Yamamoto, Takashi; Shiraki, Kazuyuki; Kurashima, Toshio
• We present a method for realizing pulse advancement induced by stimulated Brillouin scattering in optical fibers without any pump sources. A pulse advancement of ...

Ultra-Compact Mach-Zehnder Interferometer Using Hollow Optical Fiber for High Temperature Sensing

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• National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC) 2008 paper: JThA10
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• Jung, Yong-min; Choi, H Y; Kim, M J; Lee, B H; Oh, K
• We have developed a compact fiber-optic Mach-Zehnder interferometer using hollow optical fiber spliced between standard single-mode fibers. Temperature sensitivity of...

Modulation of Injection Locked Lasers for WDM-PON Applications

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• National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC) 2008 paper: JThA100
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• Zaman, Tauhid R; Ram, Rajeev J
• The modulation properties of incoherently injection locked Fabry-Perot laser diodes are studied. It is found that the incoherent injection increases the damping rate and suppresses...

A Full-duplex Access Network Based on CWDM-Routed PONs

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• National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC) 2008 paper: JThA101
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• Shachaf, Yuval; Kourtessis, Pandelis; Senior, John M
• The application of polarisation-division-multiplexing in presented, demonstrating full-duplex transmission in an access network architecture employing RSOA-based ONUs. Modelling of a...

A Novel Transmitter Based on Orthogonal Modulation Schemes for Future Passive Optical Networks

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• National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC) 2008 paper: JThA102
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• Velanas, Pantelis; Androulakakis, Yannis; Bogris, Adonis; Syvridis, Dimitris
• A low-cost technique for the upgrade of access passive optical networks based on multitone frequency shift keying (FSK) modulation format combined with conventional intensity...

Versatile-PON Service for Next Generation Optical Access Networks

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• National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC) 2008 paper: JThA103
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• Hann, Swook; Eom, Joo Boem; Kim, Dong-Hwan
• A novel optical access networks with a function of versatile adaptable architecture is proposed and demonstrated. The versatile-PON service is successfully demonstrated by both E-PON...

An Efficient Evolution Method from a TDM-PON with a Video Overlay to NGA

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• National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC) 2008 paper: JThA104
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• Choi, Ki-Man; Moon, Jung-Hyung; Lee, Jong Hoon; Lee, Chang-Hee
• An evolution method from a TDM-PON with a video overlay to NGA is demonstrated. A single type of 3-/4-port WC enables a simple evolution of TDM-PON with a video overlay maintaining OSP...

Prevention of Quality Degradation in Optical Fiber Interconnects for Last 1 Mile

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• National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC) 2008 paper: JThA105
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• Kida, Takahisa
• Study focuses on prevention of quality degradation in optical interconnects in the last mile. This report looks at ways for quality improvements during connection, how to understand...

Deployment Challenges at 40 Gbit/s and Beyond in Optical Transport Networks

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• National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC) 2008 paper: JThA106
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• Liboiron-Ladouceur, Odile; Plant, David V
• We investigate the tradeoffs that service providers face in deploying 40 Gbit/s networks due to the convergence of layers. Two predominant modulation formats used in transponders are...

Development of Reference MT Ferrule Using Insert-Molded Metal Plate

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• National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC) 2008 paper: JThA107
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• Sabano, Takahiko; Nishimura, Akito; Tanaka, Toshiyuki; Childers, Darrell; Schoellner, Dirk
• This paper presents the development of a Metal Plate insert-molded 12 fiber MT ferrule, for use as a reference connector and confirms its low loss and high durability.

ASE Noise Instability Mitigation in WSS ROADM Based Closed Amplified Ring Networks

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• National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC) 2008 paper: JThA108
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• Dahan, David; Levy, Avi; Jacobian, David; Yohi, Eli; Mahlab, Uri
• We address the ASE noise instability issues in closed ring networks consisted by MEMs based WSS ROADMs. Instabilities in 5 node based optical ring network are experimentally...

Development of an Automated Cleaning System for Multi-Ferrule Fiber-Optic Connectors

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• National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC) 2008 paper: JThA109
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• Duffy, John W; Hashimoto, Dieter; Sloan, Jeff; Bellegarde, Gene
• A novel four stage automated process (a steam blast, CO2 snow blast, vacuum, and heated ionized drying air) has been developed to efficiently clean fiber optic endfaces in high density...

Inner Cladding Fiber Interferometer for the Simultaneous Measurement of Temperature and Strain

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• National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC) 2008 paper: JThA11
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• Kim, Myoung Jin; Kim, Young Ho; Kim, Seok Han; Mudhana, Gopinath; Lee, Byeong Ha
• We propose an inner cladding fiber interferometer formed with a long-period fiber grating pair, which is insensitive to the external contact. We simultaneously measure temperature and...

Integrated Er3+/Yb3+ Co-Doped Silica Waveguide Amplifiers Longitudinally Pumped by Broad Area Lasers

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• National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC) 2008 paper: JThA12
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• Toccafondo, Veronica; Faralli, Stefano; Di Pasquale, Fabrizio
• We propose a new pumping scheme for Er3+/Yb3+ co-doped waveguide amplifiers, based on evanescent pump light coupling from a multimode waveguide. Gain up to 4dB/cm can be achieved using...

6.4-dB Enhancement of the Gain of a Raman-Assisted Fiber Optical Parametric Amplifier over the Sum of the Gains of Individual Amplifiers

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• National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC) 2008 paper: JThA13
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• Wang, Shaohao; Xu, Lixin; Wai, P K A; Tam, H Y
• We first reported a 6.4 dB enhancement of the gain of a hybrid Raman-assisted fiber optical parametric amplifier over the sum of the gains of the individual Raman and parametric...

Channel Power Coupling in Constant Gain Controlled Amplifiers

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• National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC) 2008 paper: JThA14
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• Kilper, D C; White, C A; Chandrasekhar, S
• Channel power coupling due to gain ripple and tilt in constant gain controlled erbium doped fiber amplifiers is measured in a transmission line and shown to grow in cascade.

Super-Fast AGC-EDFA for the Burst-Mode Systems without Gain Excursion in 20-ns and 21-dB Ramped Input

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• National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC) 2008 paper: JThA15
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• Oikawa, Yoichi; Horiuchi, Yoshiaki; Tanaka, Yoshiaki; Shiga, Masamichi; Shiga, Noriyasu; Nagaeda, Hiroshi
• AGC-EDFA for the burst-mode signals is one of the most important devices in the next generation WDM. We have realized the AGC-EDFA without gain excursion in 20-ns and 21-dB ramped...

Real Burst Traffic Amplification in Optically Clamped Amplifier

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• National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC) 2008 paper: JThA16
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• Ennser, Karin; Taccheo, Stefano; Careglio, Davide; Sole-Pareta, J; Aracil, Javier
• Optical burst amplification in a gain-stabilized amplifier is theoretically investigated using real burst traffic data. The results show that excellent performance are obtained for WDM...

High-Repetition-Rate Pulsed-Pump Optical Parametric Amplification in Silicon Waveguides

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• National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC) 2008 paper: JThA17
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• Sang, Xinzhu; Boyraz, Ozdal
• The net parametric gain evolution inside the silicon waveguides for high speed optical communications is investigated. Pulsed-pump parametric amplification can be a chip-scale solution...

Fast Measurement of Polarization Mode Dispersion via Virtually Imaged Phased-Array Based Spectral Polarimetry

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• National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC) 2008 paper: JThA18
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• Xu, Li; Miao, Houxun; Weiner, Andrew M
• We experimentally demonstrate fast measurement of polarization mode dispersion (PMD) with large range (differential group delay <90ps) via high speed spectral polarimetry utilizing...