Title :
Compact 160-Gb/s add-drop multiplexing with a 40-Gb/s base-rate
Author :
Chou, Esu-Feng ; Bowers, John E. ; Blumenthal, Daniel J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
We report on the first 40 Gb/s-based OTDM add-drop multiplexing at 160 Gb/s using electrically driven electroabsorption modulators. Error-free operation for all channels is obtained with an average power penalty of 1 dB.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; optical fibre communication; time division multiplexing; 1 dB; 160 Gbit/s; 40 Gbit/s; OTDM; add-drop multiplexing; electroabsorption modulators; error-free operation; power penalty;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
