Title :
Reconfigurable waveband cross-connect and its application in 112 Gb/s WDM system
Author :
Ji, Philip N. ; Huang, Ming-Fang ; Yu, Jianjun ; Wang, Ting
Author_Institution :
NEC Labs. America, Inc., Princeton, NJ
Abstract :
We demonstrated a reconfigurable waveband cross-connect that can dynamically configure uniform and non-uniform waveband assignments to improve aggregation efficiency. We applied it on 112 Gb/s polarization-multiplexed RZ-QPSK WDM system and obtained good system performance.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; wavelength division multiplexing; bit rate 112 Gbit/s; polarization multiplexed RZ-QPSK WDM system; reconfigurable waveband cross connect; Band pass filters; Communication switching; Costs; Couplers; National electric code; Optical buffering; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical switches; Wavelength division multiplexing; (060.1810) Buffers, couplers, routers, switches, and multiplexers; (060.4265) Networks, wavelength routing;
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
