DocumentCode
1793867
Title
Physical layer characteristics and design of long haul fast turn-on/off and flow switched all-optical networks
Author
Junio, Joseph ; Lei Zhang ; Chan, Vincent
Author_Institution
Res. Lab. of Electron., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
fYear
2014
fDate
9-13 March 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
Adiabatic switching will quench EDFA transients at fast lightpath turn-on/off´s. A new metric determines lightpath performance. The worst case occurs when there is only one channel present with non-decreasing performance as more wavelengths are added.
Keywords
erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre networks; adiabatic switching; flow switched all-optical networks; lightpath performance; long haul fast turn-on-off; physical layer characteristics; quench EDFA transients; Adaptive optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical sensors; Optical switches; Transient analysis;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-5575-2994-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1364/OFC.2014.Th4E.5
Filename
6886843
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