• DocumentCode
    608486
  • Title

    All-optical wide-area node connections assisted with optical parametric regeneration and wavelength conversion

  • Author

    Kurumida, Junya ; Takeshita, Hirohisa ; Mizutani, Keiichi ; Ishii, Kazuki ; Tajima, Akio ; Namiki, Shu

  • Author_Institution
    NPRC, Nat. Inst. of Adv. Ind. Sci. & Technol. (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    17-21 March 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Characteristics of all-optical node connections with an optical regenerator and wavelength converter are studied. The reachability of 43-Gb/s commercial transponders is extended by the optical regenerator compensating the spectral narrowing due to WSS cascade.
  • Keywords
    optical repeaters; optical switches; spectral line narrowing; transponders; WSS cascade; all-optical wide-area node connection; bit rate 43 Gbit/s; optical parametric regeneration; spectral narrowing; transponder; wavelength conversion; wavelength selective switches; Adaptive optics; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical pumping; Optical wavelength conversion; Repeaters;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-0457-0
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6532626