Title :
Experimental Demonstration of CO-OFDM Optical Network with Heterogeneous ROADM Nodes and Variable Channel Bit-Rates
Author :
Shen, Gangxiang ; You, Shanhong ; Yang, Qi ; He, Zhixue ; Yang, Ning ; Yang, Zhu ; Yu, Shaohua ; Shieh, William
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Elec. & Info. Eng., Soochow Univ., Suzhou, China
fDate :
8/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate a CO-OFDM optical network employing two types of ROADMs that take advantage of coherent-detection capability for wavelength selection. The operations of optical channel switching, bandwidth elasticity, and wavelength tunability are verified.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; optical fibre networks; optical modulation; optical switches; CO-OFDM optical network; bandwidth elasticity; coherent-detection capability; heterogeneous ROADM nodes; optical channel switching; variable channel bit-rates; wavelength selection; wavelength tunability; Bit error rate; Fiber optics; Optical fiber networks; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical switches; Optical transmitters; Optical communications; coherent optical OFDM (CO-OFDM); spectrum-flexible optical networks;
Journal_Title :
Communications Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LCOMM.2011.062211.110612
