Demonstration of Space-to-Wavelength Conversion in SDM Networks

Author

Rancano, Victor J. F. ; Jain, Saurabh ; May-Smith, Timothy C. ; Hugues-Salas, Emilio ; Shuangyi Yan ; Zervas, George ; Simeonidou, Dimitra ; Petropoulos, Periklis ; Richardson, David J.

Author_Institution

Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK

Volume

27

Issue

8

fYear

2015

fDate

April15, 15 2015

Firstpage

828

Lastpage

831

Abstract

A scheme for the conversion of spatially multiplexed channels to a wavelength superchannel is presented and characterized. The viability of deployment of this scheme at network nodes located at the boundaries between spatial-division-multiplexed and standard single-mode fiber wavelength division multiplexed networks is demonstrated.

Keywords

optical fibre communication; wavelength division multiplexing; SDM networks; single-mode fiber wavelength division multiplexed networks; space-to-wavelength conversion; spatial division multiplexed networks; spatially multiplexed channels conversion; wavelength superchannel; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber networks; Optical noise; Optical wavelength conversion; Signal to noise ratio; Nonlinear Optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical communications; Spatial division multiplexing; optical communications; spatial division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2015.2393435

Filename

7017533