Title :
Performance of an AOTF: optical routing switch in the presence of cross talk
Author :
Fritz, Daniel J. ; Hobbs, R.H.
Author_Institution :
United Technol. Res. Center, East Hartford, CT, USA
fDate :
25 Feb.-1 March 1996
Abstract :
Summary form only given. The acousto-optic tunable filter (AOTF) has many features, which makes it a good candidate for use as a wavelength routing switch within transparent wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) optical networks. While there has been extensive evaluation of the AOTF relating to the characteristics of the filter function and acoustic interaction during multiwavelength switching performance, the system level repercussions of these characteristics have had only limited scrutiny. In this paper, we present favorable results from bit-error-rate (BER) measurements performed on a dilated 2×2 AOTF switch consisting of four polarization-independent 2×2 devices.
Keywords :
acousto-optical filters; acousto-optical switches; errors; optical communication equipment; optical crosstalk; telecommunication network routing; tuning; wavelength division multiplexing; AOTF; WDM optical networks; acousto-optic tunable filter; bit-error-rate; cross talk; dilated 2×2 AOTF switch; multiwavelength switching performance; optical routing switch; polarization-independent 2×2 devices; scrutiny; system level; transparent wavelength-division multiplexing; wavelength routing switch; Acoustic devices; Acoustic measurements; Bit error rate; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical switches; Performance evaluation; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength routing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications, 1996. OFC '96
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-422-X
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1996.908289
