Field demonstration of in-line all-optical wavelength conversion in a WDM dispersion managed 40-Gbit/s link

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 356-362

  Caccioli, D ^a   Paoletti, Arianna ^a   Schiffini, Alessandro ^a   Galtarossa, Andrea ^b   Griggio, Paola ^b   Lorenzetto, G ^b   Minzioni, P ^c   Cascelli, S ^d   Guglielmucci, M ^d   Lattanzi, Luigi ^d   Matera, Francesco ^e   Beleffi, G M T ^e   Quiring, V ^f   Sohler, W ^f   Suche, Hubertus ^f   Vehovc, Samo ^g   Vidmar, Matjaz ^g  

^a Pirelli Labs SpA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d ISCTI   (Italy)

^e FONDAZIONE UGO BORDONI   (Italy)

^f Fachbereich Physik   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

40 Gb s; Field trial; Polarization; Rerouting; Wavelength conversion; Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DISPERSION (WAVES); LIGHT POLARIZATION; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROUTERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

40 GB/S; FIELD TRIAL; REROUTING; WAVELENGTH CONVERSION;

WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 2942752314     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2004.827838     Document Type: Article

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