Wavelength-exchanging cross connects (WEX) - A new class of photonic cross-connect architectures

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1101-1111

  Hamza, Haitham S ^a   Deogun, Jitender S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical cross connects (OXCs); Optical switches; Wavelength converters (WCs); Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM); Wavelength exchange optical crossbar (WOC)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL SWITCHES; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

PHOTONIC SWITCH; WAVELENGTH CONVERTERS; WAVELENGTH EXCHANGE OPTICAL CROSSBAR (WOC; WAVELENGTH EXCHANGING CROSS CONNECTS (WEX);

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 33645000429     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2005.863279     Document Type: Article

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