Title :
Optical comb-enabled cost-effective ROADM scheme for elastic optical networks
Author :
Paikun Zhu ; Juhao Li ; Luoping Niu ; Yingying Xu ; Yuanxiang Chen ; Xiaopeng Xie ; Xin Chen ; Bingli Guo ; Zhangyuan Chen ; Yongqi He
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of Adv. Opt. Commun. Syst. & Networks, Peking Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
We propose a ROADM Add/Drop scheme based on optical comb for elastic optical networks and experimentally demonstrates the feasibility. The scheme supports wide-range subband to superchannel Add/Drop functionality, while greatly saves network devices.
Keywords :
multiplexing equipment; optical communication; ROADM add-drop scheme; cost-effective ROADM scheme; elastic optical networks; network devices; optical comb; reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer; superchannel add-drop functionality; wide-range subband; Lasers; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.Th1E.6
