Title :
Optical regenerator for optical ring inter-working application
Author :
Otani, T. ; Miyazaki, T. ; Yamamoto, S.
Author_Institution :
Lab. of Opt. Network, KDD R&D Labs., Saitama, Japan
Abstract :
The usefulness of an optical regenerator using electroabsorption (EA) modulators was confirmed at 10 Gbit/s for an optical ring inter-working application. The regeneration performance in a dual ring configuration was experimentally evaluated by using two recirculating loops.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; internetworking; network topology; optical fibre networks; optical repeaters; telecommunication network reliability; 10 Gbit/s; dual ring configuration; electroabsorption modulators; high-speed WDM optical networks; network protection; network scalability; network survivability; optical regenerator; optical ring inter-working application; recirculating loops; regeneration performance; self-healing ring configuration; variable rerouting length; High speed optical techniques; Optical fiber networks; Optical interconnections; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Optical wavelength conversion; Protection; Repeaters;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 1999. APCC/OECC '99. Fifth Asia-Pacific Conference on ... and Fourth Optoelectronics and Communications Conference
Conference_Location :
Beijing, China
Print_ISBN :
7-5635-0402-8
DOI :
10.1109/APCC.1999.824576
