Optical local area networking using CWDM

Ian H. White; Richard V. Penty; Judith Hankey; Kevin A. Williams; G. F. Roberts; M. Glick; D. McAuley

doi:10.1117/12.514661

8 December 2003 Optical local area networking using CWDM

Ian H. White, Richard V. Penty, Judith Hankey, Kevin A. Williams, G. F. Roberts, M. Glick, D. McAuley

Proceedings Volume 5248, Semiconductor Optoelectronic Devices for Lightwave Communication; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.514661
Event: ITCom 2003, 2003, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

This paper describes the current status of Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM), and then progresses to discuss how it may evolve in networking applications in the future. As WDM can enhance not only transmission but also networking systems, the paper reports a potentially low cost WDM based access node architecture, particularly suited for routing optical data packets on nanosecond timescales. The scheme is cascadable and involves the use of a simple semiconductor optical amplifier (SAO) based add-drop switch. Preliminary results concerning the operation of the add-drop switches under multi-wavelength operation are reported.

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Ian H. White, Richard V. Penty, Judith Hankey, Kevin A. Williams, G. F. Roberts, M. Glick, and D. McAuley "Optical local area networking using CWDM", Proc. SPIE 5248, Semiconductor Optoelectronic Devices for Lightwave Communication, (8 December 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.514661

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