Title :
Multiwavelength line-rate-independent optical digital cross-connects based on low-gain fiber amplifiers
Author :
Chen, Yung-Kuang ; Way, Winston I.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Electro-Opt. Eng., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrated a multiwavelength, line-rate independent optical digital cross-connect system (DCS) by using cascaded low-gain erbium-doped fiber amplifiers as the switching elements in a dilated Benes architecture.<>
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; optical communication equipment; optical switches; switching networks; wavelength division multiplexing; cascaded low-gain erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; dilated Benes architecture; low-gain fiber amplifiers; multiwavelength line-rate-independent optical digital cross-connects; switching elements; Distributed control; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical amplifiers; Optical crosstalk; Optical distortion; Optical network units; Optical saturation; Optical switches; Stimulated emission; Switching circuits;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
