Title :
SDM-WDM hybrid reconfigurable add-drop nodes for self-homodyne photonic networks
Author :
Sakaguchi, Jun ; Klaus, Werner ; Puttnam, B.J. ; Miyazawa, Takaya ; Awaji, Y. ; Delgado Mendinueta, Jose Manuel ; Luis, Ruben S. ; Wada, N.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
We present an SDM-WDM hybrid add-drop network node compatible with SDM-based self-homodyne transmission. OSNR penalties were less than 0.7 dB, but net spectral efficiency was slightly sacrificed.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; optical noise; space division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; OSNR penalties; SDM-WDM hybrid reconfigurable add-drop nodes; SDM-based self-homodyne transmission; self-homodyne photonic networks; spectral efficiency; Bit error rate; Optical fiber communication; Optical noise; Photonics; Signal to noise ratio; Switches; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Waikoloa, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5059-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHOSST.2013.6614544
