Title :
Demonstration of fast optical protection in ROADM system with one-chip color/direction-independent add/drop multiplexer employing silicon photonic circuit
Author :
Sakauchi, Masahiro ; Nishioka, Itaru ; Nakamura, Shigeru ; Chu, Tao ; Urino, Yutaka
Author_Institution :
Syst. Platforms Res. Labs., NEC Corp., Kawasaki
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrated wavelength path and transponder fault recovery in ROADM system with one-chip color/direction-independent add/drop multiplexers employing silicon photonic circuit. Fault recovery time of less than 50 ms was achieved for both fault cases.
Keywords :
multiplexing equipment; ROADM system; color-direction-independent add-drop multiplexer; fast optical protection; fault recovery; silicon photonic circuit; Add-drop multiplexers; Circuit faults; High speed optical techniques; National electric code; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical devices; Protection; Silicon; Transponders; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2606-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-865-0
