Experimental Implementation of an All-Optical Interferometric Drop, Add, and Extract Multiplexer for Superchannels

We present the experimental implementation of an all-optical ROADM scheme for routing of an individual subchannel within an all-optical OFDM superchannel. The different functions required of optical node were demonstrated using interferometric technique with the extraction, drop, and addition of ind...

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Published in:Journal of lightwave technology 2015-04, Vol.33 (7), p.1351-1357
Main Authors: Fabbri, Simon J., Sygletos, Stylianos, Perentos, Andreas, Pincemin, Erwan, Sugden, Kate, Ellis, Andrew D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
all-optical node
all-optical OFDM
Compatibility
Extraction
flexible optical networks
interferometer
Interferometry
Multiplexing
Optical communication
Optical crosstalk
Optical fibers
Optical filters
Optical interferometry
Optical polarization
Optical switching
Optical transmitters
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
subcarrier multiplexing
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Summary:We present the experimental implementation of an all-optical ROADM scheme for routing of an individual subchannel within an all-optical OFDM superchannel. The different functions required of optical node were demonstrated using interferometric technique with the extraction, drop, and addition of individual subchannel in a ten subchannels optically aggregated signal. The scheme we reported enables a fully flexible node compatible with future terabit per second superchannel transmission.
ISSN:0733-8724
1558-2213
DOI:10.1109/JLT.2015.2390292