Low-crosstalk 3×3 optical cross-connect using fiber Bragg gratings
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Liaw, Shien-Kuei; Tsai, Pei-Shih; Le Minh, Hoa; Hsu, Kuang-Yu; Tverjanovich, Andrey
- Source
- 2011 3rd International Congress on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems and Workshops (ICUMT) Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems and Workshops (ICUMT), 2011 3rd International Congress on. :1-5 Oct, 2011
- Subject
- Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Computing and Processing
Robotics and Control Systems
Signal Processing and Analysis
Crosstalk
Optical fibers
Optical amplifiers
Optical fiber networks
Fiber gratings
Fiber Bragg gratings
optical cross-connect
crosstalk
optical network
- Language
- ISSN
- 2157-0221
2157-023X
A power-compensated, 3×3 reconfigurable, multiwavelength and bidirectional optical cross-connect (RMB-OXC) for all-optical networks is proposed using strain-tunable fiber Bragg gratings (ST-FBG) and several optical circulators. The paper presents the experimental study for the induced crosstalk due to the OXC. The RBM-OXC operation and performance are experimentally demonstrated and crosstalk is determined to confirm the low penalty incurred. In overall the selective RBM-OXC offers high reconfigurable capability, flexibility and survivability in an optical network.