Title :
Multi-gigabit per second optical time-division multiplexed systems
Author :
Eisenstein, G. ; Tucker, R.S. ; Korotky, S.K.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Bell Labs., Crawford Hill Lab., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given as follows. Surveys recent progress in OTDM systems with special emphasis on very high bit-rate transmission systems. The required characteristics of key devices, such as mode-locked and gain switched lasers, (used to generate picosecond pulse trains), Ti:LiNbO/sub 3/ switches (used for data encoding and for demultiplexing), and semiconductor optical amplifiers (used to compensate for system losses) are described. Different system architectures will be discussed and performance limitations due to crosstalk are explained.<>
Keywords :
crosstalk; digital communication systems; encoding; laser mode locking; lasers; optical communication equipment; switches; time division multiplexing; LiNbO/sub 3/:Ti; OTDM systems; crosstalk; data encoding; demultiplexing; gain switched lasers; high bit-rate transmission systems; mode-locked lasers; optical time-division multiplexed systems; picosecond pulse generation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; switches; system architectures; system losses;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 1988. (ECOC 88). Fourteenth European Conference on (Conf. Publ. No.292)
Conference_Location :
Brighton, UK
