Title :
Error-free all-optical add-drop multiplexing using HNLF in a NOLM at 160 Gbit/s
Author :
Verdurmen, E.J.M. ; Zhao, Y. ; Tangdiongga, E. ; Turkiewicz, J.P. ; Khoe, G.D. ; de Waardt, H.
Author_Institution :
Cobra Res. Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Netherlands
fDate :
3/17/2005 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The capability of a highly-nonlinear fibre (HNLF) as the phase shifting element in a nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM) for all-optical adding/dropping optical time domain multiplexed (OTDM) channels has been demonstrated. Error-free add/drop operation of 40 Gbit/s base rate channels from a 160 Gbit/s OTDM signal has been achieved.
Keywords :
nonlinear optics; optical fibre communication; optical phase shifters; time division multiplexing; 160 Gbit/s; 40 Gbit/s; HNLF; NOLM; all-optical adding/dropping OTDM; error-free all-optical add-drop multiplexing; fibre phase shifting element; highly-nonlinear fibre; nonlinear optical loop mirror; optical time division multiplexed networks; optical time domain multiplexed channels;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20050071
