Title :
Wavelength-agile ROADMs
Author :
Baxter, Glenn ; Frisken, Steve ; Abakoumov, Dmitri ; Zhou, Hao ; Clarke, Ian ; Poole, Simon
Abstract :
ROADMs are evolving to enable more wavelength-agile approaches to routing of optical traffic. We present the grid-free capabilities of LCoS wavelength switching and describe how it can be utilized in a flexible grid architecture.
Keywords :
multiplexing equipment; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication traffic; LCoS wavelength switching; flexible grid architecture; grid-free capabilities; optical traffic routing; reconfigurable optical add drop multiplexers; wavelength-agile ROADMs; Bandwidth; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical switches;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5730-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHOSST.2011.6000081
