Title :
Simultaneous high speed OTDM add-drop multiplexing using GT-UNI switch
Author :
Turkiewicz, J.P. ; Tangdiongga, E. ; Rohde, H. ; Schairer, W. ; Lehmann, G. ; Khoe, G.D. ; de Waardt, H.
Author_Institution :
COBRA Res. Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Netherlands
fDate :
5/15/2003 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors describe the excellent capability of an all-optical gain-transparent ultrafast nonlinear interferometer (GT-UNI) in dropping, passing through, and adding optical time domain multiplexing (OTDM) channels. Error free operation without significant penalties of a complete OTDM add-drop node at 80 Gbit/s was achieved.
Keywords :
digital communication; error statistics; light interferometers; multiplexing equipment; photonic switching systems; time division multiplexing; 80 Gbit/s; BER; GT-UNI switch; OTDM add-drop multiplexing; OTDM channels; all-optical nonlinear interferometer; error free operation; gain-transparent interferometer; high speed add-drop multiplexing; optical time domain multiplexing; simultaneous add-drop multiplexing; ultrafast nonlinear interferometer;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20030535