A reconfigurable Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer Architecture Employing Opto-VLSI Processing

Authors

Chung Poh, Edith Cowan University
Kamal Alameh, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Zhenglin Wang, Edith Cowan University

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publisher

Omnipress, OFC

School

Electron Science Research Institute (ESRI)

RAS ID

5343

Comments

Poh, C. K., Alameh, K. , & Wang, Z. (2006). A reconfigurable Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer Architecture Employing Opto-VLSI Processing. Proceedings of Optical Fiber Communication (OFC). Anaheim USA. Omnipress, Optical Fiber Communication. Available here

Abstract

A reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) architecture using an opto-VLSI processor is demonstrated. Experimental results for a 6-channel ROADM show interchannel crosstalk of less than -25 dB and inter-port isolation better than 20 dB.

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2006.215368