Title :
Fast wavelength switching transceivers for bandwidth on demand based coherent optical networks
Author :
Maher, Robert ; Savory, Seb J. ; Thomsen, Benn C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. London, London, UK
Abstract :
The recent progress in fast wavelength switching transceivers for bandwidth on demand coherent optical networks is outlined and several techniques employed to mitigate the effects of tuneable laser FM noise are presented.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; optical switches; optical transceivers; bandwidth on demand coherent optical networks; fast wavelength switching transceivers; tuneable laser FM noise; Frequency modulation; Laser noise; Laser tuning; Optical switches; Optical transmitters; Receivers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964236
