Title :
Optical-layer networking with lightwave micromachines
Author :
Goldstein, E.L. ; Lin, L.Y.
Author_Institution :
Tellium Inc., Oceanport, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Fueled by yet another era in which their capacity-forecasters have been blind-sided by an unpredicted onslaught of demand, long-haul network operators now operate in an environment of fear. The fear was initially that of being caught with inadequate transmission capacity. This difficulty is now largely being laid to rest by the sudden maturation of wavelength-division multiplexing. As a result, the globe´s long-haul optical networks are swiftly transforming themselves into terabit-per-second systems that transport tens to hundreds of wavelengths on each fiber, each wavelength modulated at 2.5 to 10 Gb/s in deployed systems, with field trials at 40 Gb/s now underway
Keywords :
micro-optics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; 2.5 to 10 Gbit/s; 40 Gbit/s; capacity-forecasters; deployed systems; fiber; field trials; lightwave micromachines; long-haul network operators; long-haul optical networks; optical-layer networking; terabit-per-second systems; transmission capacity; wavelength modulation; wavelength-division multiplexing; Acceleration; Central office; Convergence; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Optical network units; Optical receivers; Telecommunication traffic; Tunable circuits and devices; WDM networks;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 2000 Annual Meeting. LEOS 2000. 13th Annual Meeting. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Rio Grande
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5947-X
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2000.890756