Title :
Assessment of dual-stage wavelength converter in OXC at 20 Gbit/s
Author :
Kloch, A. ; Hansen, P.B. ; Wolfson, D. ; Danielsen, S.L. ; Stubkjaer, K.E. ; Emery, J.Y. ; Pommereau, F. ; Renaud, M. ; Schilling, M.
Author_Institution :
Tech. Univ., Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
20 Gbit/s dual-stage wavelength conversion to the same wavelength is realised. The converter and an optical gate form a path through the OXC considered in the European ACTS project OPEN and are operated with a penalty of only 2.5 dB
Keywords :
Michelson interferometers; optical communication equipment; optical frequency conversion; optical interconnections; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; 20 Gbit/s; European ACTS project OPEN; Gbit/s dual-stage wavelength conversion; Michelson interferometers; OXC; WDM; dual-stage wavelength converter; optical gate; optical interconnections; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical noise; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; WDM networks; Wavelength conversion; Wavelength converters; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 1998. 24th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Madrid
Print_ISBN :
84-89900-14-0
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.1998.732766
