Ultrahigh-Speed OTDM-Transmission Technology

• DOI: 10.1109/jlt.2006.885784
• Publication Date: 2007-01-19T16:32:59Z
• Authors: Hans-Georg Weber; Reinhold Ludwig; Sebastian Ferber; Carsten Schmidt-L...; Marcel Kroh; Vincent Marembert; Christof Boerner; Colja Schubert
• Keywords: 0211 other engineering and technologies; 02 engineering and technology

This paper reviews ultrahigh-speed data transmission in optical fibers based on optical time division multiplexing (OTDM) transmission technology. Optical signal processing in the transmitter and receiver as well as the requirements on ultrahigh-speed data transmission over a fiber link are discussed. Finally, results of several OTDM-transmission experiments, including 160-Gb/s transmission over 4320 km, 1.28-Tb/s transmission over 240 km, and 2.56-Tb/s transmission over 160-km fiber link, are described