DocumentCode
1262268
Title
Experimental Demonstration of CO-OFDM Optical Network with Heterogeneous ROADM Nodes and Variable Channel Bit-Rates
Author
Shen, Gangxiang ; You, Shanhong ; Yang, Qi ; He, Zhixue ; Yang, Ning ; Yang, Zhu ; Yu, Shaohua ; Shieh, William
Author_Institution
Sch. of Elec. & Info. Eng., Soochow Univ., Suzhou, China
Volume
15
Issue
8
fYear
2011
fDate
8/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
890
Lastpage
892
Abstract
We experimentally demonstrate a CO-OFDM optical network employing two types of ROADMs that take advantage of coherent-detection capability for wavelength selection. The operations of optical channel switching, bandwidth elasticity, and wavelength tunability are verified.
Keywords
OFDM modulation; optical fibre networks; optical modulation; optical switches; CO-OFDM optical network; bandwidth elasticity; coherent-detection capability; heterogeneous ROADM nodes; optical channel switching; variable channel bit-rates; wavelength selection; wavelength tunability; Bit error rate; Fiber optics; Optical fiber networks; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical switches; Optical transmitters; Optical communications; coherent optical OFDM (CO-OFDM); spectrum-flexible optical networks;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Communications Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1089-7798
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LCOMM.2011.062211.110612
Filename
5936138
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