A 32/spl times/10 Gb/s DWDM metropolitan network demonstration using wavelength-selective photonic cross-connects and narrow-band EDFAs

The feasibility of a 32/spl times/10 Gb/s dense wavelength-division-multiplexed (DWDM) all-optical short-reach metropolitan network using dynamically reconfigurable three-dimensional microelectromechanical-system-based wavelength-selective photonic cross-connects (WSPXC) is experimentally investigat...

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Published inIEEE photonics technology letters Vol. 17; no. 9; pp. 1977 - 1979
Main Authors Kaman, V., Xuezhe Zheng, Shifu Yuan, Klingshirn, J., Pusarla, C., Helkey, R.J., Jerphagnon, O., Bowers, J.E.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.09.2005
Subjects
Erbium-doped fiber amplifier
Micromechanical devices
Narrowband
Optical crosstalk
Optical fiber communication
Optical filters
Optical losses
Optical saturation
Optical switches
Optical transmitters
photonic switching systems
Wavelength division multiplexing
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Summary:The feasibility of a 32/spl times/10 Gb/s dense wavelength-division-multiplexed (DWDM) all-optical short-reach metropolitan network using dynamically reconfigurable three-dimensional microelectromechanical-system-based wavelength-selective photonic cross-connects (WSPXC) is experimentally investigated. Full DWDM amplification at the high-capacity node is performed with low-cost narrow-band erbium-doped fiber amplifiers whose channel gain variation is compensated per span using the inherent channel equalization capability of the WSPXC. With Reed-Solomon forward error correction, bit-error rates better than 10/sup -15/ are possible for all 32 channels over 400 km of single-mode fiber and ten transitions through the WSPXC nodes.
ISSN:1041-1135
1941-0174
DOI:10.1109/LPT.2005.853262