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
fDate :
7/10/2003 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20030707
