Defragmentation and grooming on 85.4 Gb/s by simultaneous format and wavelength conversion in an integrated quad SOA-MZI

2012 16th International Conference on Optical Networking Design and Modelling, ONDM 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Irfan Anis, M ^a   Amaya, N ^a   Zervas, G S ^a   Nejabati, R ^a   Simeonidou, D ^a   Scaffardi, M ^b   Bogoni, A ^b   Pinna, S ^c   Fresi, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b CNIT   (Italy)

^c SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Multigranular Network; Optical Signal Processing; Optical Time Division Multiplexing; Semiconductor Optical Amplifier Mach Zehnder Interferometer; Spectrum Defragmentation

Indexed keywords

DE-FRAGMENTATION; FIBER LINKS; GRIDLESS; MULTI-GRANULAR NETWORKS; OPTICAL TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 84864036205     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ONDM.2012.6210269     Document Type: Conference Paper

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