A parametric wavelength interchanging cross-connect (WIXC) architecture

Author

Antoniades, Neophytos ; Bala, Krishna ; Yoo, S.J.B. ; Ellinas, Georgios

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA

Volume

8

Issue

10

fYear

1996

Firstpage

1382

Lastpage

1384

Abstract

This letter presents an architecture for a wavelength interchanging cross-connect (WIXC) using parametric wavelength converters. The architecture exploits the unique properties of the difference frequency generating (DFG) parametric wavelength converter, including its transparency to signal format and its ability to convert multiple wavelengths simultaneously, The WIXC is shown to be scalable and rearrangeably nonblocking. Furthermore, connection setup is performed by the well-known looping algorithm used for Benes networks.

Keywords

optical fibre networks; optical frequency conversion; optical interconnections; optical parametric devices; transparency; wavelength division multiplexing; Benes networks; WDM optical fibre networks; connection setup; difference frequency generating; multiple wavelengths; parametric wavelength converters; parametric wavelength interchanging cross-connect architecture; rearrangeably nonblocking; scalable; signal format; transparency; well-known looping algorithm; Artificial intelligence; Frequency conversion; Image converters; Mirrors; Space technology; Springs; Switches; Wavelength conversion; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.536662

Filename

536662