Title :
Dynamic wavelength selective add/drop node comprising tunable gratings
Author :
Okayama, Hideaki ; Ozeki, Yasuyuki ; Kunii, T.
Author_Institution :
R&D Group, Oki Electr. Ind. Co. Ltd., Tokyo
fDate :
5/8/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors propose an add/drop node, consisting of pairs of tunable and static gratings for the realisation of dynamic wavelength selection. Wavelength switching with small wavelength tuning and maximum wavelength channel density for a given grating bandwidth are attained
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; optical fibre networks; tuning; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM ring networks; dynamic wavelength selection; grating bandwidth; optical fibre networks; static gratings; tunable gratings; wavelength channel density; wavelength selective add/drop node; wavelength tuning;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19970607
