DocumentCode
1940741
Title
Seamless spectral defragmentation of Nyquist OTDM-WDM signals in add-drop node for all-optical elastic network
Author
Hung Nguyen Tan ; Tanizawa, Ken ; Inoue, Takeru ; Kurosu, Takayuki ; Namiki, Shu
Author_Institution
Nat. Inst. of Adv. Ind. Sci. & Technol. (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan
fYear
2013
fDate
22-26 Sept. 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We demonstrate a seamless frequency translation of Nyquist OTDM-WDM signals using a dual-stage polarization-diversity FWM-based wavelength converter for all-optical elastic network. A 172-Gbaud Nyquist OTDM signal is elastically frequency-shifted at an add-drop node and successfully transmitted over 80-km fiber link.
Keywords
optical fibre networks; optical wavelength conversion; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; FWM; Nyquist OTDM signal; Nyquist OTDM-WDM signal; add-drop node; all-optical elastic network; dual stage polarization diversity; seamless frequency translation; seamless spectral defragmentation; wavelength converter;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication (ECOC 2013), 39th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location
London
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-84919-759-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1049/cp.2013.1395
Filename
6647588
Link To Document