Cross-talk-limited cascadability of different OXC architectures

Author

Marazzi, L. ; Boffi, P. ; Rossetti, D. ; Siano, R. ; Martinelli, M.

Author_Institution

CoreCom, Milan, Italy

fYear

2001

fDate

11-11 May 2001

Firstpage

41

Lastpage

42

Abstract

Summary form only given. Optical cross connects (OXC) are likely to play a key role in future all-optical networks. Their core is a space switching matrix, whose properties heavily influence the overall OXC performance. Particular attention is paid to homodyne crosstalk which accumulates through subsequent filtering.The aim of this work is to experimentally evaluate cross-talk impact on OXC cascadability. A short recirculating loop simulates a 2.5 Gbit/s signal propagating through 100 km-long links connected by OXC (i.e. a meshed continental network) adding homodyne incoherent cross-talk.

Keywords

optical crosstalk; optical fibre networks; optical interconnections; photonic switching systems; 100 km; 2.5 Gbit/s; OXC architectures; OXC cascadability; OXC performance; all-optical networks; cross-talk impact; cross-talk-limited cascadability; homodyne crosstalk; homodyne incoherent cross-talk; meshed continental network; optical cross connects; short recirculating loop; space switching matrix; switch cross-talk; total matrix crosstalk; Bit error rate; Bonding; Clocks; Optical arrays; Optical crosstalk; Optical diffraction; Optical switches; Signal detection; Testing; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-662-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2001.947437

Filename

947437