Active management of 100-GHz-spaced WDM channels

Author

Cohen, A.D. ; Parker, M.C. ; Mears, R.J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng., Cambridge Univ., UK

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

21-26 Feb. 1999

Firstpage

316

Abstract

We demonstrate active management of 8 nm/spl times/0.8 nm wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) channels with arbitrary dropping/passing and channel equalization. The optical/add-drop-(de)multiplexing functionality is achieved using a polarization-insensitive spatial-light-modulator-based holographic filter. Finer resolution (50 GHz) and spectral shaping can be straight forwardly attained.

Keywords

demultiplexing; holographic optical elements; optical fibre networks; optical filters; spatial light modulators; telecommunication channels; telecommunication network management; wavelength division multiplexing; GHz-spaced WDM channels; active management; arbitrary dropping/passing; channel equalization; optical/add-drop-demultiplexing functionality; polarization-insensitive spatial-light-modulator-based holographic filter; spectral shaping; wavelength-division multiplexing channels; Frequency; Gratings; Holographic optical components; Holography; Optical fiber filters; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Passband; Spatial resolution; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-582-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1999.766425

Filename

766425