Optical Time-Division Multiplexing

Optical Time-Division Multiplexing (OTDM) is a technique used in fiber-optic communications to increase data capacity. It works by dividing a single optical fiber's available time into very tiny slices, with each slice carrying different data streams. These streams are rapidly interleaved in time, allowing multiple signals to travel through the same fiber without interfering with each other. At the destination, the signals are separated back into their original streams. OTDM effectively multiplies the amount of data transmitted over a fiber by managing the timing of the signals precisely and efficiently.