ALL-OPTICAL WAVELENGTH SWITCHING FROM 1.3-MU-M TO A 1.55-MU-M WDM WAVELENGTH ROUTED NETWORK - SYSTEM RESULTS

被引:8
作者
BARNSLEY, PE
CHIDGEY, PJ
机构
[1] BT Laboratories, Ipswich
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D O I
10.1109/68.124887
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A wavelength converter based on a semiconductor nonlinear optical amplifier (NLOA) has been used to switch 155 MB/s data from 1.3-mu-m into a 1.55-mu-m WDM wavelength routed network. The data were converted to 1.56-mu-m, one of the WDM system wavelengths, and transmitted over 63 km of step-index fiber. Bit-error-ratio measurements on the full system showed a 2 dB 10(-9) receiver sensitivity penalty demonstrating the usefulness of NLOA's as wavelength switches for future multiwavelength optical networks.
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页码:91 / 94
页数:4
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