Title :
New architecture for reconfigurable WDM-PON networks based on SOA gating array
Author :
Jung, Hyun-Do ; Tran, Nguyen-Cac ; Tangdiongga, Eduward ; Koonen, Ton
Author_Institution :
COBRA Res. Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
A new architecture of reconfigurable WDM-PON networks for the dynamic capacity allocation is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The architecture based on an SOA gate allows 1 μs switching time to the re-allocation of wavelength resources.
Keywords :
semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; SOA gate; SOA gating array; dynamic capacity allocation; passive optical network; reconfigurable WDM-PON network; semiconductor optical amplifier; switching time; wavelength division multiplexing; wavelength resource allocation; Optical fibers; Optical network units; Optical reflection; Optical saturation; Passive optical networks; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Internet (COIN), 2010 9th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Jeju
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7181-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8221-4
DOI :
10.1109/COIN.2010.5546472
