Title :
Monolithic multiband wavelength router for fast reconfigurable data networking
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 :
COBRA, Tech. Univ. Eindhoven, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
A compact and highly scaleable reconfigurable wavelength router is proposed and demonstrated using an electronically-gated cyclic wavelength router. Power penalties for wavelength multiplexed 3 times 10 Gb/s wavelength channels of order 0.2 dB are achieved.
Keywords :
arrayed waveguide gratings; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre networks; optical waveguide filters; semiconductor optical amplifiers; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; amplifier gate array; arrayed waveguide grating filter; coarse-grid wavelength multiplexing; electronically-gated cyclic wavelength router; fast reconfigurable data networking; monolithic multiband wavelength router; multiband cyclic arrayed waveguide router; power penalties; semiconductor optical amplifier gates; wave-band wavelength multiplexing; wavelength channels; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Circuits; Optical amplifiers; Optical arrays; Optical losses; Optical waveguides; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Semiconductor waveguides; Wavelength measurement; Wavelength routing; Integrated optoelectronics; Photonic switching systems; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching, 2009. PS '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Pisa
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3857-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3856-3
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2009.5307773
