Abstract
We performed a field trial in order to evaluate the feasibility to install a 160 Gbit/s OTDM add/drop network. The experiments were carried out on 4 spans of 68.85 km deployed fibre within the network of the British Telecom. The installed network comprised an OTDM add/drop node realised by a gain-transparent ultrafast nonlinear interferometer, which was placed in the link of the 275 km field deployed G652 standard single mode fibre. We could find excellent operation of all add-/drop multiplexer (ADM) functionalities: Drop, through, and add functions as well as clock recovery. The impact of the ADM and the transmission distance on the performance is discussed.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 19-23 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | ITG-Fachbericht |
Issue number | 182 |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2004 |