A modular and re-configurable parametric wavelength interchanging cross-connect architecture

Author

Tomkos, Ioannis ; Antoniades, Neo ; Syvridis, Dimitris

Author_Institution

Athens Univ., Greece

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

550

Abstract

A new modular, cost effective, strictly transparent wavelength interchanging cross-connect (WIXC) architecture, which utilizes only single pumped parametric wavelength converters, has been proposed. The benefits from the possible use of four-wave mixing (FWM) in semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) based wavelength converters in WIXC architectures, such as ability of reconfigurable operation and realization simplicity, have been discussed

Keywords

modules; multiwave mixing; optical parametric devices; optical wavelength conversion; photonic switching systems; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOA based wavelength converters; WIXC architectures; cost effective strictly transparent WIXC architecture; four-wave mixing; modular reconfigurable parametric wavelength interchanging cross-connect architecture; realization simplicity; reconfigurable operation; semiconductor optical amplifier; single pumped parametric wavelength converters; All-optical networks; Bit rate; Modulation; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber networks; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

LEOS '99. IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 1999 12th Annual Meeting

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5634-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1999.811845

Filename

811845