• DocumentCode
    1093870
  • Title

    Demonstration of optical timeslot interchanging through 2×2 crosspoints and feedforward delay lines

  • Author

    Hunter, D.K. ; Andonovic, I. ; Barnsley, P.E.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow, UK
  • Volume
    30
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    5/26/1994 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    875
  • Lastpage
    876
  • Abstract
    An experimental demonstration of an optical timeslot interchanger operating at 720 Mbit/s is described. The architecture comprises 2×2 lithium niobate optical switches and fibre delay lines. A full BER characterisation is presented
  • Keywords
    delay lines; integrated optics; lithium compounds; multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical switches; time division multiplexing; 2×2 crosspoints; 2×2 lithium niobate optical switches; 720 Mbit/s; LiNbO3; TDM; architecture; feedforward delay lines; fibre delay lines; full BER characterisation; optical timeslot interchanger; optical timeslot interchanging; time division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19940602
  • Filename
    287463