43-Gb/s WDM signal transmission across 150-km 2 ROADM rings with colorless and directionless OXC based on 3D-MEMS optical switch and WSSs

Author

Seki, T. ; Matsuda, T. ; Naka, A. ; Kotanigawa, T. ; Oda, K.

Author_Institution

NTT Network Service Syst. Labs., NTT Corp., Musashino, Japan

fYear

2009

fDate

15-19 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We successfully transmit a 43-Gb/s WDM signal over 300 km through a triple cascade of simple Colorless and Directionless large-scale OXCs composed of a 3D-MEMS optical switch and WSSs.

Keywords

micro-optomechanical devices; microswitches; optical fibre networks; optical switches; wavelength division multiplexing; 3D-MEMS optical switch; 3D-micro electro mechanical systems optical switches; ROADM rings; WDM; bit rate 43 Gbit/s; colorless optical cross-connect; directionless optical cross-connect; reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer; signal transmission; wavelength division multiplexing; wavelength selective switch; Degradation; High speed optical techniques; Large-scale systems; Optical fiber networks; Optical receivers; Optical switches; Telecommunication traffic; Transponders; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength measurement; 3D-MEMS Optical SW; Colorless; Directionless; OXC;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photonics in Switching, 2009. PS '09. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Pisa

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3857-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3856-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PS.2009.5307820

Filename

5307820