Title :
All-optical routing using a 12×12 passive InP wavelength selective router and tuneable wavelength conversion
Author :
Bainbridge, J.D. ; Sharafi, A.R. ; White, I.H. ; Cowin, M.A. ; Stephens, M.F.C. ; Owen, M. ; Penty, R.V. ; Guild, K.M. ; Tzanakaki, Anna ; Mahony, M. J O ; Thompson, G.H.B. ; Clements, S.J. ; Rogers, C.B.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Commun. Res., Bristol Univ., UK
Abstract :
All-optical routing of 2.5 Gbit/s WDM signals across two cascaded optical cross connects (OXCs) with a penalty of only 0.6 dB has been demonstrated using tuneable wavelength converters and a passive WDM router
Keywords :
optical switches; 2.5 Gbit/s; InP; SOA wavelength converters; WDM signals; all-optical routing; cascaded optical cross connects; passive WDM router; passive wavelength selective router; penalty; tuneable wavelength conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Multiwavelength Optical Networks: Devices, Systems and Network Implementations (Ref. No. 1998/257), IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
DOI :
10.1049/ic:19980323
