DocumentCode
1590149
Title
Flexible-bandwidth, impairment-aware transmitter based on parallel synthesis of optical frequency combs
Author
He, Tingting ; Scott, Ryan P. ; Geisler, David J. ; Fontaine, Nicolas K. ; Gerstel, Ori ; Paraschis, Loukas ; Heritage, Jonathan P. ; Yoo, S.J.B.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, Davis, CA, USA
fYear
2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We demonstrate a proof-of-principle transmitter for flexible-bandwidth network with parallel synthesis and a wavelength-selective switch. Impairment-aware spectrum allocation is used to maintain data rates in spite of varying signal-to-noise ratio.
Keywords
bandwidth allocation; optical switches; optical transmitters; wavelength division multiplexing; flexible bandwidth network; impairment aware spectrum allocation; impairment aware transmitter; optical frequency combs; parallel synthesis; signal-to-noise ratio; wavelength selective switch; Binary phase shift keying; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical switches; Optical transmitters; Signal detection;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location
Los Angeles, CA
ISSN
pending
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0213-6
Type
conf
Filename
5875557
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