APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING TIMING JITTER TOLERANT OPTICAL MODULATION OF A FIRST SIGNAL BY A SECOND SIGNAL

摘要

Apparatus for providing timing jitter tolerant optical modulation of a first signal (1) by a second signal (2), the first signal having a first wavelength (3), the second signal comprising a plurality of second signal pulses (4) having a second pulse shape (5) and a second wavelength (6), and the apparatus comprising a first signal input port (8), a second signal input port (9), a coupler (10), a grating (11) and a non-linear optical device (12), the apparatus being configured to direct the second signal (2) at the second signal input port (9) to the non-linear optical device (12) via the coupler (10) and the grating (11), and to direct the first signal (1) at the first signal input port (8) to the non-linear optical device (12); the grating (11) being a superstructured fibre Bragg grating that converts the second signal pulses (4) into intermediary pulses (13) each having an intermediary pulse shape (14); the intermediary pulse shape (14) being such that it provides a switching window (19) within the non-linear optical device (12).