European Conference on Optical Communication

Experimental Investigation on Using Phase Mask in Spectral-Phase-Encoded O-CDMA for Security Enhancement

Chiyu Yang, W. Cong, Fei Xue, Vincent J. Hernandez, Ryan P. Scott, J.P. Heritage, Brian H. Kolner, Zhi Jun Ding, S. J. Ben Yoo

Published Sep 1, 2006• 2 citations

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Abstract

This paper experimentally investigates the plausibility of a phase masking scheme for SPECTS O-CDMA security enhancement. Implementation of the phase mask is demonstrated with experimental results showing the improvement in security.

DOI: 10.1109/ecoc.2006.4801019

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