Title :
Dynamic routing in the crosstalk reduced optical add/drop multiplexer
Author :
Chan, K. ; Tong, F. ; Chen, L.K. ; Ho, K.P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
Abstract :
A new configuration of optical add/drop multiplexer supporting channel bypass and add/drop is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The scheme allows double passing in the grating based Mach-Zehnder interferometer, resulting an improved rejection of homodyne crosstalk.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; diffraction gratings; optical crosstalk; optical fiber networks; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; channel bypass; crosstalk reduced optical add/drop multiplexer; double passing; dynamic routing; grating based Mach-Zehnder interferometer; homodyne crosstalk rejection; optical add/drop multiplexer; Add-drop multiplexers; Circulators; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical attenuators; Optical crosstalk; Optical feedback; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical switches; Routing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-630-3
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2000.868327
