Diffraction-compensated free-space WDM add-drop module with thin-film filters

A novel wavelength-division-multiplexing add-drop module is proposed using free-space cascaded thin-film filters. The athermal design of the filters creates a natural curvature that is shown to compensate for diffraction and optical misalignment. We demonstrate an insertion loss of 1.1 dB for four cascaded filters.     

60 channel WDM transmitter using multiwavelength modelocked

The simultaneous generation of 60 discrete wavelengths, with a 75 GHz interwavelength spacing, from a modelocked semiconductor diode laser is reported. The individual wavelengths are emitted as mutually synchronised 898 MHz return-to-zero pulse trains. Optical spectra and temporal diagnostics are provided     

Simultaneous high speed OTDM add-drop multiplexing using GT-UNI switch

The authors describe the excellent capability of an all-optical gain-transparent ultrafast nonlinear interferometer (GT-UNI) in dropping, passing through, and adding optical time domain multiplexing (OTDM) channels. Error free operation without significant penalties of a complete OTDM add-drop node at 80 Gbit/s was achieved.     

WDM环形网络的保护

详细讨论了WDM环形网络中保护我条件的检测和撤消,保护倒换的协调以及故障条件的恢复检测问题,并得出了一些重要的结论,最后我们建议使用自动保护倒换（APS）协议来实现网络的有效保护。     

Wavelength-division multiplexing using channel-dropping filters

The performance of resonant channel-dropping filters in wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) applications is computed. 31 and 50 filters are cascaded along a single bus with crosstalks of -27 and -14 dB, respectively. The temporal response of the filter for a secant-hyperbolic pulse stream at 400 Mb/s and 1 Gb/s is presented. The simulation shows the promise of resonant-filter cascades.<>     

Optically restorable WDM ring network using simple add/dropcircuitry

An optically restorable wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) ring network carrying ATM traffic is presented. It uses a new architecture with simple add/drop circuitry allowing traffic restoration in case of a ring breakage by independent local actions at the affected nodes. Multisession video traffic at 155 Mb/s was demonstrated between stations distributed along the ring. No visible video degradation was observed during the 50 ms restoration time caused by a ring breakage     

Wavelength channel data rewrite using saturated SOA modulator for WDM networks with centralized light sources

This paper describes a method for realizing the efficient utilization of wavelength resources in wavelength-division multiplexing networks with centralized light sources. Using a deeply saturated semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) modulator located in a remote node (RN), we erase the data on a downstream signal with a low extinction ratio and modulate it with new data to generate an upstream signal. Thus, we use only one wavelength for bidirectional transmission between a center node and an RN, without placing lasers at the RN. In this paper, we analyze the data suppression characteristic of the SOA using a large signal model. We also estimate the bit error rate degradation in the presence of an unsuppressed downstream bit pattern in an upstream signal. We then report experimental results that confirm the basic characteristics of the wavelength channel data rewriter, which we constructed using a linear amplifier and an SOA. Finally, we provide the results of a data transmission experiment that we undertook using the data rewriter.     

Spectrum-efficient optical drop-add-drop network with a centralized multi-carrier light source

Traditional ROADM networks strictly follow the coarse ITU-T standard wavelength grids and channel spacings, which would result in low optical spectrum utilizations under dynamic traffic requests of variable spectrum lightpaths. This paper presents a spectrum-efficient optical drop-add-drop network with a centralized multi-carrier light source (C-MCLS). The C-MCLS generates thousands of optical carriers with uniform and narrow channel spacings. The optical carriers are distributed to each network node as light sources on demand through ROADMs designed with the carrier-drop function. Spectrum-aware optical carrier allocation is studied first in the proposed network. This paper proposes a Minimum Fragmentation Request First (MinFragRF) optical carrier allocation algorithm compared with the Maximum Spectrum Request First (MaxSRF) and Minimum Spectrum Request First (MinSRF) allocation algorithms. This paper also studies how channel spacings of optical carriers impact on the network performance under variable traffic demands. We perform both network analysis and simulations to evaluate the network performance in terms of the lightpath blocking probability (LP_BP) and the effective spectrum efficiency. We analytically derive the formulas of LP_BP and average effective spectrum efficiency in the proposed network. Simulation results show that the proposed network with more narrow channel spacings greatly reduces the lightpath blocking probability compared with the traditional ROADM network. The average effective spectrum efficiency of the proposed network can be improved about 100 % compared with that of the traditional ROADM network by choosing appropriate network design parameters. The MinFragRF allocation algorithm has a better LP_BP performance than that of the MaxSRF and has a better spectrum utilization efficiency than that of the MinSRF. The optimal channel spacing evaluations show that narrow channel spacings such as 6.25 and 12.5 GHz greatly improve LP_BP performance when low bit-rate traffic requests dominate in the traffic model. However, as the high bit-rate traffic requests increase, the performance advantage of narrow channel spacings is gradually disappearing.     

Optical performance monitoring in reconfigurable WDM opticalnetworks using subcarrier multiplexing

Optical performance monitoring (OPM) is an important approach to determine the quality of optical channels within an optical core network without passing data through optoelectronic regeneration at the monitor points. Using this approach, the quality or “health” of signals can be determined at arbitrary points in a network without knowledge of the transport history of the data or the details of the transmission path. We report experimental results on the use of subcarrier multiplexing (SCM) to perform a variety of monitoring functions including chromatic dispersion monitoring, wavelength registration, power monitoring, and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) monitoring     

Tunable multiwavelength fiber ring lasers using a programmable high-birefringence fiber loop mirror

We demonstrate a comb filter with digitally tunable wavelength spacing using a programmable high-birefringence (HiBi) fiber loop mirror (FLM). We then use the HiBi-FLM to implement a tunable multiwavelength semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)-based fiber ring laser and a tunable multiwavelength all-fiber Raman ring laser. Both lasers exhibit stable room-temperature operation and have a wavelength spacing that is digitally tunable between 1.6 and 3.2 nm. With the SOA-based configuration, we obtain six wavelengths with a spacing of 3.2 nm and 11 wavelengths with a spacing of 1.6 nm; with the all-fiber Raman-based configuration, we obtain four wavelengths with a spacing of 3.2 nm and five wavelengths with a spacing of 1.6 nm.     

Hybrid WDM/TDM PON using the AWG FSR and featuring centralized light generation and dynamic bandwidth allocation

A novel time/space/wavelength division multiplexing (TDM/WDM) architecture using the free spectral range (FSR) periodicity of the arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) is presented. A shared tunable laser and a photoreceiver stack featuring dynamic bandwidth allocation (DBA) and remote modulation are used for transmission and reception. Transmission tests show correct operation at 2.5 Gb/s to a 30-km reach, and network performance calculations using queue modeling demonstrate that a high-bandwidth-demanding application could be deployed on this network.     

Asymmetric sampled grating laser array for a multiwavelength WDM source

We propose a multiwavelength laser array associated with asymmetric sampled grating lasers. The laser was designed to operate at the first-order reflection of a sampled grating with the aid of an index shifter. A four-channel laser array with 400-GHz wavelength spacing was fabricated and its operation at designed wavelengths was confirmed. Individual lasers showed a threshold current of 11-17 mA and slope efficiency of around 0.18 W/A. A high side-mode suppression ratio over 39 dB was observed as well.     

A resilient star-ring optical broadcast-and-select network with a centralized multi-carrier light source

This article presents a resilient star-ring optical broadcast-and-select network with a centralized multi-carrier light source (C-MCLS). It consists of a star part network and a ring part network. Optical carriers generated by the C-MCLS are broadcast to all network nodes, which select and utilize them for data transmission. Optical carrier distribution as well as data transmission and receiving are performed in the star part network. The ring part network is for fiber failure recovery. The network resilience property enables the design of a fast distributed failure recovery scheme to deal with single and multiple fiber failures. We introduce a fiber connection automatic protection switching (FC-APS) architecture that only consists of optical couplers and 1 × 2 optical switches for each network node. Based on the FC-APS architecture, we design a distributed failure recovery scheme to recover the carriers and data affected by fiber failures. The fiber failure detection and failure recovery operations are performed by each network node independently only using its local information. We evaluate the recovery time of the distributed failure recovery scheme compared with that of the centralized one. Numerical results show that the distributed scheme greatly reduces the recovery time compared to the centralized configuration in the recoveries of both single and multiple fiber failures. Optical power loss analysis and compensation of the recovery routes in the distributed scheme are also presented. We show the required number of optical amplifiers for the longest recovery route in the distributed scheme under different numbers of network nodes and fiber span lengths.     

A new local area network architecture using a centralized bus

LOCAL AREA NETWORKS are currently enjoying tremendous popularity as a means for providing wideband interconnection and communications among data terminals, host computers and other types of digital equipment located throughout a single building or a campus of buildings. Such networks are typically based on bus, ring, or star architectures, each of which manifests its own set of advantages and disadvantages. In this paper, an architectural approach is described that draws upon and integrates the advantages found separately in these three different architectures, while avoiding the major disadvantages found in any one. This new architecture employs a centrally located short bus that provides an extremely efficient packet-switching service to the devices attached to the network. Bandwidth on the short bus is dynamically allocated in response to instantaneous demands by means of a highly efficient but flexible prioritybased bus contention scheme. The approach permits multiple priority classes with fair allocation of bandwidth within each class, along with a capability for integrated circuit and packet switching. The architecture can also make use of existing twisted-pair building wiring, and at the same time take advantage of emerging optical-fiber technology. In addition, the architecture provides a means to expand the network beyond a local area, resulting in a wide-area network capability.     

Acoustooptic tunable filters in narrowband WDM networks: systemissues and network applications

The system issues and network applications of acoustooptic tunable filters (AOTFs) are discussed. AOTFs are thought to be attractive system components in dense wavelength-division multiplexed (WDM) networks because of their broad continuous electronic wavelength tunability and narrow filter bandwidth. Their unique multiwavelength filtering capability adds a greater dimension of flexibility to network design. The characteristics of the AOTF are reviewed from a system viewpoint and the performance and capabilities of bulk-devices, integrated-optic devices, and fiber-based devices are discussed and compared. Three network applications using the acoustooptic tunable filters are described. The first application is as wavelength-tunable receivers or taps for local users in a subscriber loop distribution network. The second is as multiwavelength tunable receivers in a broadcast local-area cross-connect for packet communication with very-high-throughput data rate. The third is as wavelength-selective space-division switch fabric for routing and cross-connect between central offices. Future prospects and various issues for future research are also discussed     

Demonstration of WDM survivable unidirectional ring network usingtunable channel dropping receivers

An experimental optical WDM reconfigurable ring network is proposed. It is composed of three nodes incorporating tunable channel dropping receivers (TCDRs) and EDFAs. The reconfiguration and the protection of the ring are computer-controlled. The authors present first experimental results of a fully connected testbed demonstrator     

WDM光网络中静态业务的P-cycle保护

P-cycle是一种预先配置的保护方式,在WDM网络中,P-cycle可以提供快速保护倒换和很高的资源利用率,具有很好的应用前景和研究价值.文章研究了P-cycle对于WDM网络中静态业务的保护情况,得出了基本的P-cycle配置策略下的仿真数据,并进行了分析.     

Photonic crystal ring resonator based add-drop filter using hexagonal rods for CWDM systems

In this paper,theoretical analysis of two-dimensional photonic crystal ring resonator(2D PCRR) based add-drop filter(ADF) is presented for coarse wavelength division multiplexing(CWDM) system to drop a channel at 1511 nm using hexagonal rods that are positioned in the square lattice.The 2D finite difference time domain(2D FDTD) method and plane wave expansion(PWE) method are used for obtaining the filter response and band structure of the filter respectively.Close to 100 dropping and coupling efficiencies at 1511 nm and 16 nm of bandwidth are observed through simulation.This is very well meeting the requirement of ITU-T G.694.2 standard,which is specified for metro access and short haul optical networks.The overall size of the proposed filter is 11.4 μm×11.4 μm.It can also be used in integrated optics.     

Multicast capacity of optical ring network with hotspot traffic: The bi-directional WDM packet ring

Packet-switching WDM ring networks with a hotspot transporting unicast, multicast, and broadcast traffic are important components of high-speed metropolitan area networks. For an arbitrary multicast fanout traffic model with uniform, hotspot destination, and hotspot source packet traffic, we analyze the maximum achievable long-run average packet throughput, which we refer to as multicast capacity, of bi-directional shortest path routed WDM rings. We identify three segments that can experience the maximum utilization, and thus, limit the multicast capacity. We characterize the segment utilization probabilities through bounds and approximations, which we verify through simulations. We discover that shortest path routing can lead to utilization probabilities above one half for moderate to large portions of hotspot source multi- and broadcast traffic, and consequently multicast capacities of less than two simultaneous packet transmissions. We outline a one-copy routing strategy that guarantees a multicast capacity of at least two simultaneous packet transmissions for arbitrary hotspot source traffic.