DocumentCode
764656
Title
Error-free all-optical add-drop multiplexing at 160 Gbit/s
Author
Schubert, C. ; Schmidt, C. ; Ferber, S. ; Ludwig, R. ; Weber, H.G.
Author_Institution
Fraunhofer Inst. fur Nachrichtentech., Berlin, Germany
Volume
39
Issue
14
fYear
2003
fDate
7/10/2003 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1074
Lastpage
1076
Abstract
The authors report an all-optical add-drop multiplexer based on gain-transparent operation of a semiconductor optical amplifier in a novel geometry. Error-free operation at 160 Gbit/s is demonstrated for all channels.
Keywords
optical fibre networks; semiconductor optical amplifiers; time division multiplexing; 160 Gbit/s; OTDM networks; all-optical add-drop multiplexing; error-free operation; gain-transparent operation; geometry; semiconductor optical amplifier;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20030707
Filename
1220825
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