• DocumentCode
    1180200
  • 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
  • Volume
    6
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1994
  • Firstpage
    1122
  • Lastpage
    1125
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/68.324687
  • Filename
    324687
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1180200