Title :
First experimental demonstration of terabit interferometric drop, add and extract multiplexer
Author :
Fabbri, Simon ; Sygletos, S. ; Pincemin, Erwan ; Sugden, Kate ; Ellis, A.D.
Author_Institution :
Aston Inst. of Photonic Technol., Aston Univ., Birmingham, UK
Abstract :
We present the first experimental implementation of an all-optical ROADM scheme for routing of individual channels within an all-optical OFDM superchannel. The interferometric technique demonstrated enables a fully flexible node, implementing the extraction, drop and addition of individual sub-channel.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; light interferometry; multiplexing equipment; optical fibre networks; optical modulation; telecommunication network routing; all-optical OFDM superchannel; all-optical ROADM scheme; channel routing; fully flexible node; interferometric technique; optical networks; terabit interferometric drop-add and extract multiplexer; Optical attenuators; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964057
