• DocumentCode
    780377
  • 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
  • Volume
    41
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    3/17/2005 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    349
  • Lastpage
    350
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20050071
  • Filename
    1421192