Title :
Transmission through a cascade of 10 all-optical interferometric wavelength converter spans at 10 Gbit/s
Author :
Pedersen, R.J.S. ; Mikkelsen, B. ; Poulsen, H.N. ; Stubkjaer, Kristian E ; Gustavsson, M. ; Janson, M.
fDate :
5/23/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors demonstrate experimentally for the first time that all-optical wavelength converters can be cascaded with very good performance. Using integrated interferometric converters, 10 converter spans of 50 km each have been cascaded at 10 Gbit/s
Keywords :
light interferometry; optical fibre networks; optical frequency conversion; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 km; all-optical interferometric wavelength converter span cascade transmission; all-optical wavelength converters; converter spans; good performance; integrated interferometric converters;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19960667
