Title :
Demonstration of a robust WDM cross-connect cascade based on all-optical wavelength converters for routing and wavelength slot interchange
Author :
Mikkelsen, B. ; Pedersen, R.J.S. ; Jorgensen, B.F. ; Nissov, M. ; Stubkjaer, K.E. ; Wünstel, K. ; Daub, K. ; Lach, E. ; Laube, G. ; Idler, W. ; Schilling, M. ; Doussiere, P. ; Pommerau, F.
Author_Institution :
Center for Broadband Telecommun., Tech. Univ. Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
Cascading of up to 10 multiwavelength optical cross-connects based on all-optical wavelength converters for wavelength-slot-interchanging and routing is demonstrated experimentally at a channel rate of 10 Gbit/s. An input power dynamic range of more than 15 dB is shown
Keywords :
wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; all-optical wavelength converters; channel rate; input power dynamic range; multiwavelength optical cross-connects; robust WDM cross-connect cascade; telecommunications network routing; wavelength slot interchange;
Conference_Titel :
Integrated Optics and Optical Fibre Communications, 11th International Conference on, and 23rd European Conference on Optical Communications (Conf. Publ. No.: 448)
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-697-0
DOI :
10.1049/cp:19971463
