Full-mesh wavelength-routing WDM network based on arrayed-waveguide grating

Author

Sakai, Yoshihisa

Author_Institution

NTT Photonics Lab., Kanagawa, Japan

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

832

Abstract

WDM signal interconnection based on wavelength path routing will be the key technology for the next generation of networks. The Nx N arrayed-waveguide grating (AWG) is one of the most promising devices for this purpose. However, it was not possible to realize full-mesh connectivity because of the substantial pass wavelength non-uniformity and insertion loss imbalance in conventional N x N AWGs. To overcome this problem, we have developed a uniform-loss cyclic-frequency AWG (ULCF-AWG). In this paper, we describe a 32 x 32 ULCF-AWG based metro-scale full-mesh network

Keywords

diffraction gratings; optical arrays; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre losses; optical fibre networks; optical interconnections; optical waveguides; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; Nx N arrayed-waveguide grating; ULCF-AWG based metro-scale full-mesh network; WDM signal interconnection; arrayed-waveguide grating; full-mesh connectivity; full-mesh wavelength-routing WDM network; insertion loss imbalance; next generation; uniform-loss cyclic-frequency AWG; wavelength path routing; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Couplers; Optical switches; Passband; Scalability; System testing; Throughput; WDM networks; Wavelength measurement; Wavelength routing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 2000 Annual Meeting. LEOS 2000. 13th Annual Meeting. IEEE

Conference_Location

Rio Grande

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5947-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2000.894112

Filename

894112