Ultrahigh-speed optical transmission technology is a key technology for increasing the communication capacity. In optical fibre networks, the number of wavelength channels and the bit rate per wavelength channel, i.e. the TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) bit rate, determine the transmission capacity. Currently, TDM bit rates of more than 40 Gbit/s require optical signal processing (Optical Time Division Multiplexing, OTDM). OTDM bit rates of up to 1.2 Tbit/s have already been reported. The devices developed for ultrahigh-speed optical transmission are not limited to communication applications only. They are key devices for high-speed optical signal processing, i.e. monitoring, measurement and control, and will thus give a wide technological basis for innovative science and technology. All these aspects of ultrahigh-speed optical transmission technology are described in detail in this book.

"Ultrahigh-speed optical transmission technology is a key technology for increasing the communication capacity. In optical fibre networks, the number of wavelength channels and the bit rate per wavelength channel, i.e. the TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) bit rate, determine the transmission capacity. Currently, TDM bit rates of more than 40 Gbit/s require optical signal processing (Optical Time Division Multiplexing, OTDM). OTDM bit rates of up to 1.2 Tbit/s have already been reported. The devices developed for ultrahigh-speed optical transmission are not limited to communication applications only. They are key devices for high-speed optical signal processing, i.e. monitoring, measurement and control, and will thus give a wide technological basis for innovative science and technology. All these aspects of ultrahigh-speed optical transmission technology are described in detail in this book. TOC:Introduction.- Semiconductor Mode-Locked Lasers as Pulse Sources for High Bit Rate Data Transmission.- Ultrafast Mode-Locked Fiber Lasers for High-Speed OTDM Transmission.- Ultrahigh-Speed LN Modulators and EA Modulators.- High-Speed Optical Signal Processing Using Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers.- Optical Signal Processing Using Highly Nonlinear Optical Fibers.- Ultrafast Photodetectors and Receivers.- Optical Regeneration Using Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers and Electro-Absorption Modulators.- Otpical Fibers and Fiber Dispersion Compensators for High-Speed Optical Communication.- Fiber Gratings and Their Application to High-Speed Communication.- Higher-Order Dispersion Compensation Using Phase Modulators.- PMD-Compensation Techniques.- Application of Electro-Absorption Modulators for High-Speed Transmission Systems.- Ultrafast OTDM Transmission Using Novel Fiber Devices for Pulse Compression, Shaping and Demultiplexing.- Ultrafast Optical Technologies for Large-Capacity TDM/WDM Photonic Networks.- New Optical Device Technology for Future Ultrafast OTDM Transmission.- Optical Sampling Techniques."

to ultra-high-speed optical transmission technology.- Semiconductor mode-locked lasers as pulse sources for high bit rate data transmission.- Ultrafast mode-locked fiber lasers for high-speed OTDM transmission and related topics.- Ultra-high-speed LiNbO3 modulators.- High-speed optical signal processing using semiconductor optical amplifiers.- Optical signal processing using nonlinear fibers.- Ultrafast photodetectors and receivers.- Optical nonlinearities in semiconductor optical amplifier and electro-absorption modulator: their applications to all-optical regeneration.- Optical fibers and fiber dispersion compensators for high-speed optical communication.- Fiber Bragg gratings for dispersion compensation in optical communication systems.- Higher-order dispersion compensation using phase modulators.- PMD-compensation techniques.- Application of electroabsorption modulators for high-speed transmission systems.- Ultrafast OTDM transmission using novel fiber devices for pulse compression, shaping, and demultiplexing.- Ultrafast optical technologies for large-capacity TDM/WDM photonic networks.- New optical device technologies for ultrafast OTDM systems.- Optical sampling techniques.