Title :
Monolithic Multiband Nanosecond Programmable Wavelength Router
Author :
Rohit, A. ; Williams, K.A. ; Leijtens, X.J.M. ; de Vries, T. ; Oei, Y.S. ; Heck, M.J.R. ; Augustin, L.M. ; Notzel, R. ; Robbins, D.J. ; Smit, M.K.
Author_Institution :
Commun. Technol. Basic Res. & Applic. (COBRA) Res. Inst., Tech. Univ. Eindhoven, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
A compact scalable reconfigurable multiwavelength router is proposed and demonstrated using an electronically gated cyclic router. Simultaneous wavelength-multiplexed channel allocation is performed with power penalties of 0.2-0.8 dB. Nanosecond timescale reconfiguration is achieved within a 2-ns guard band using semiconductor optical amplifier gates.
Keywords :
channel allocation; high-speed integrated circuits; high-speed optical techniques; integrated optoelectronics; monolithic integrated circuits; multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical links; optical losses; semiconductor optical amplifiers; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; electronically gated cyclic router; loss 0.2 dB to 0.8 dB; monolithic multiband nanosecond programmable wavelength router; nanosecond timescale reconfiguration; power penalties; semiconductor optical amplifier gates; simultaneous wavelength-multiplexed channel allocation; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Circuits; Filters; Optical fiber communication; Optical waveguides; Phased arrays; Photonics; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Semiconductor waveguides; Wavelength routing; Optical communication; semiconductor optical amplifiers; tunable filters; wavelength-division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Journal, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/JPHOT.2010.2040729
