• DocumentCode
    1038054
  • Title

    16 Gbit/s fibre transmission experiment using optical time-division multiplexing

  • Author

    Tucker, Rodney ; Eisenstein, Gadi ; Korotky, Steven K. ; Buhl, Lawrence L. ; Veselka, J.J. ; Raybon, G. ; Kasper, B.L. ; Alferness, R.C.

  • Author_Institution
    AT&T Bell Laboratories, Crawford Hill Laboratory, Holmdel, USA
  • Volume
    23
  • Issue
    24
  • fYear
    1987
  • Firstpage
    1270
  • Lastpage
    1271
  • Abstract
    An experimental four-channel optical time-division multiplexed transmission system is described, and the first demonstration of fibre transmission at a bit rate of 16Gbit/s is reported. In this experiment, data at 16Gbit/s have been transmitted over 8 km of fibre with a bit error rate below 10-9.
  • Keywords
    digital communication systems; optical communication equipment; time division multiplexing; 16 Gbit/s; 8 km; BER 10-9; OTDM; bit error rate; bit rate; fibre transmission experiment; four-channel optical time-division multiplexed transmission; optical time-division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19870881
  • Filename
    4259122