Cascaded reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) in metro add/drop network applications

Author

Huang, Ming-Fang ; Chen, Jason Jyehong ; Feng, Kai-Ming ; Lin, Tse-Yu ; Wei, Chia-Chien ; Lai, Chung-Yu ; Chi, Sien ; Zhu, Zhonghua ; Yung Jui Chen ; Huang, Yin-Chieh ; Chang, Shih-Jung

Author_Institution

Dept. of Photonics, Nat. Chiao-Tung Univ., Hsinchu

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We experimentally studied the cascadability of a 200 GHz channel spaced ROADM for Metro network applications using a re-circulating loop. After seven cascaded nodes and 1100-km transmission, a 2.5 dB sensitivity penalty was observed.

Keywords

multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; cascaded nodes; channel spacing; distance 1100 km; frequency 200 GHz; metro add-drop network; recirculating loop; reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer; sensitivity penalty; wavelength division multiplexing; Add-drop multiplexers; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Bit error rate; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical fiber networks; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Wavelength division multiplexing; (060. 2330) Fiber optical communications; (060.2360) Fiber optics links and subsystems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628429

Filename

4628429