title: Time-lenses for time-division multiplexing of optical OFDM channels.
abstract: Time-lenses provide a promising platform for novel, broadband optical signal processing. However, in order to minimize system penalties, design constraints must be adequately taken into account. We investigate the impact of third-order-dispersion and nonlinear distortion on the performance of time-lens-based communication systems for the first time. Here, we propose a novel application of time-lenses - temporal compression and time-division multiplexing of optical OFDM channels, to provide a 1 Tb/s superchannel. Time-lens system performance degradations are investigated in our proposed system and the results are applicable to all four wave mixing based time-lens systems. Our work can help to optimize time-lens based communication systems.
authors.forename: Zihan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Geng
authors.forename: Bill
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Corcoran
authors.forename: Chen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Arthur James
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Lowery