• DocumentCode
    399887
  • Title

    Novel wavelength/waveband cross connect architecture based on optical wavelength converters and a passive wavelength router

  • Author

    Politi, C.T. ; Klonidis, D. ; Tzanakaki, A. ; Mahony, M.O. ; Tomkos, I.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Sys. Eng., Essex Univ., Colchester, UK
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    27-28 Oct. 2003
  • Firstpage
    140
  • Abstract
    A novel optical cross-connect architecture supporting both wavelength and waveband switching granularities, with reduced component requirements, is proposed. Experimental results indicate that a power penalty lower than 1 dB is introduced by this system.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre networks; optical switches; optical wavelength conversion; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; optical cross connect; optical wavelength converters; passive wavelength router; waveband switching granularities; wavelength switching granularities; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical feedback; Optical mixing; Optical wavelength conversion; Wavelength conversion; Wavelength converters; Wavelength routing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7888-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2003.1251640
  • Filename
    1251640