Spatial superchannel routing in a two-span ROADM system for space division multiplexing

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 783-789

  Nelson, L E ^a   Feuer, M D ^a,b   Abedin, K ^c   Zhou, X ^a,d   Taunay, T F ^c   Fini, J M ^c   Zhu, B ^c   Isaac, R ^a   Harel, R ^e   Cohen, G ^e   Marom, D M ^f  

^a AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c OFS LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d GOOGLE INC   (United States)

^e Oclaro Technology Ltd Inc   (United Kingdom)

^f HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Erbium doped fiber amplifiers; optical fiber communication; optical fiber networks; wavelength routing

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL FIBER NETWORKS; OPTICAL SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; PERFORMANCE TESTS; RECONFIGURABLE OPTICAL ADD-DROP MULTIPLEXER; SPACE DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; TRANSMISSION FIBERS; WAVELENGTH ROUTING; WAVELENGTH-SELECTIVE SWITCHES;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); FIBER AMPLIFIERS; MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS;

SPACE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS;

EID: 84893401084     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2013.2283912     Document Type: Article

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