• DocumentCode
    2021090
  • Title

    High performance `Drop and Continue´ functionality in a Wavelength Selective Switch

  • Author

    Frisken, Steven ; Zhou, Hao ; Abakoumov, Dmitri ; Baxter, Glenn ; Poole, Simon ; Ereifej, Heider ; Hallemeier, Peter

  • Author_Institution
    Engana Pty Ltd, Locomotive Workshop, Australian Technology Park, Eveleigh, NSW 1430, Australia, steve.frisken@engana.com
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    5-10 March 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate for the first time channel-selective optical power sharing between a designated express-port and any drop-port of a 1×9 50 Channel WSS. Bit-Error Rate testing shows that this drop- and-continue functionality can be implemented with negligible system penalty.
  • Keywords
    Australia; Communication switching; Liquid crystal on silicon; Optical arrays; Optical devices; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Optical switches;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-803-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2006.216050
  • Filename
    1637081