Experimental assessment of the gating functionality of a TOAD operating at 1310 nm in high speed OTDM systems

R.J.W. Jonker, R.C. Schimmel, H. Waardt, de

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Abstract

In this paper, an experimental analysis of the gating characteristics of the TOAD for different granularities (tributary bitrates) of an OTDM stream is presented. This study is based on the evaluation of the time-domain response (i.e. the switching window) and Contrast Ratio (CR) measurements of the dropped tributary and the residual (through) signal. The minimum obtainable switch window is approximately 6 ps for the TOAD under investigation and allows deployment in a 160 Gbit/s environment. Applying a TOAD in an OTDM add/drop node is possible with optical granularities up to 2.5 Gbit/s. Application as an OTDM demultiplexer is possible at higher granularities (10 Gbit/s) at the expense of reduced CR of the dropped tributary.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationproc. Symposium IEEE/LEOS Benelux Chapter, 2002
EditorsTaco Visser, D., Daan Lenstra, Hugo Schouten, F.
Place of PublicationVrije Universiteit Amsterdam
PublisherIEEE/LEOS
Pages171-174
ISBN (Print)90-807519-1-X
Publication statusPublished - 2002
Event7th Annual Symposium of the IEEE/LEOS Benelux Chapter, December 9, 2002, Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Duration: 9 Dec 20029 Dec 2002

Conference

Conference7th Annual Symposium of the IEEE/LEOS Benelux Chapter, December 9, 2002, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Country/TerritoryNetherlands
CityAmsterdam
Period9/12/029/12/02

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