Experimental Demonstration of Wavelength-Selective Band/Direction-Switchable Multi-Band OXC Using an Inter-Band All-Optical Wavelength Converter
Hiroki Kawahara, Masahiro Nakagawa, Takeshi Seki, Tatsuo Miyamura
Abstract
We propose a highly-flexible multi-band OXC which effectively utilizes enhanced network resources through multi-band WDM for the first time. We experimentally confirm the feasibility of the newly-proposed C+L-band OXC with wavelength-selective band/direction switching functions.
Topics & Concepts
WavelengthWavelength-division multiplexingOptoelectronicsC bandOut-of-band managementMulti bandOptical switchMaterials scienceOpticsComputer sciencePhysicsTelecommunicationsComputer networkNetwork architectureNetwork management stationAntenna (radio)Optical Network TechnologiesAdvanced Optical Network TechnologiesAdvanced Photonic Communication Systems