Title :
160 Gbit/s OTDM add-drop networking using 275 km installed fibres
Author :
Tangdiongga, E. ; Turkiewicz, Jaroslaw P. ; Rohde, Harald ; Schairer, Wolfgang ; Lehmann, G. ; Sikora, E.S.R. ; Zhou, Yu Rong ; Lord, Andrew ; Payne, David ; Khoe, G.D. ; de Waardt, H.
Author_Institution :
COBRA Res. Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Netherlands
fDate :
4/29/2004 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A field-installed 160 Gbit/s OTDM network comprising an OTDM add-drop node placed between two existing fibre links is demonstrated. An excellent performance of signal transmission, subharmonic clock recovery, and add-drop function is reported.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; optical links; synchronisation; time division multiplexing; 160 Gbit/s; 275 km; add-drop function; add-drop node; fibre links; optical time domain multiplexing; signal transmission; subharmonic clock recovery;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20040374
