Title :
Wavelength path reconfigurable AWG-STAR employing coprime-channel-cycle arrayed-waveguide gratings
Author :
Moriwaki, Osamu ; Noguchi, Kazuto ; Sakamoto, Tadashi ; Kamei, Shin ; Takahashi, Hiroshi
Author_Institution :
Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi
Abstract :
We propose a novel flexible AWG-STAR system that employs two kinds of cyclic-frequency AWGs whose repetition channel numbers are coprime. We demonstrate that we can reconfigure all the wavelength paths in a network independently.
Keywords :
arrayed waveguide gratings; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; telecommunication channels; telecommunication network routing; wavelength assignment; arrayed-waveguide gratings; coprime-channel-cycle AWG; cyclic-frequency AWG; flexible AWG-STAR system; optical network; repetition channel numbers; wavelength path reconfigurable system; wavelength routing system; Gratings; Laboratories; Optical devices; Optical fiber communication; Optical filters; Optical transmitters; Photonics; Telecommunication traffic; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength routing; (060.2330) Fiber optics communications; (230.7408) Wavelength filtering devices;
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
