Title :
Eight-channel bidirectional WDM add/drop multiplexer
Author :
Ho, Keang-Po ; Liaw, Shien-Kuei
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
fDate :
5/14/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors propose and demonstrate an eight-channel reconfigurable bidirectional wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) add-drop multiplexer in which all channels can be added/dropped independently in either direction. The performance of the bidirectional WDM add/drop multiplexer is experimentally studied for a data rate of 10 Gbit/s per channel, providing an overall capacity of 80 Gbit/s. It is found that the performance of the add/drop multiplexer is not degraded by a backward propagating signal
Keywords :
multiplexing equipment; photonic switching systems; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 80 Gbit/s; WDM add/drop multiplexer; eight-channel bidirectional multiplexer; optical fibre networks; reconfigurable multiplexer; wavelength division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19980694
