Title :
Routable OTDM to WDM converter enabled by a programmable optical processor
Author :
Drummond, Miguel V. ; Teixeira, António L J ; Monteiro, Paulo P. ; Nogueira, Rogério N.
Author_Institution :
Inst. de Telecomun., Campus Univ. de Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal
Abstract :
We propose a 160 Gb/s OTDM to 4 × 40 Gb/s WDM converter able to map an arbitrary input tributary to an arbitrary output wavelength. Error-free performance was achieved in several input tributary to output channel mappings.
Keywords :
telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM converter; arbitrary input tributary; arbitrary output wavelength; bit rate 160 Gbit/s; error free performance; output channel mappings; programmable optical processor; routable OTDM; Adaptive optics; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical pulses; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1918-9
