Abstract
A block-ciphered (M-ary) optical code division multiplexing (OCDM) can provide larger security than a conventional OCDM system based on bit ciphering. We propose a polarization multiplexed (POL-MUX) M-ary OCDM system and demonstrated 2.5 Gbps, POL-MUX 256 ( = 16X16)-ary OCDM transmission using a single multi-port optical encoder/decoder (E/D). We show that this architecture reduces the number of required optical codes and enhances the system confidentiality. © 2010 Optical Society of America.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 21376-21385 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Optics Express |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue number | 20 |
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| Publication status | Published - 27 Sept 2010 |