Abstract
We demonstrate an optical re-configurable 1:N protection system which uses the branch state of LiNbO3 optical switches and results in high availability of a spare route in the network. Reliable operations on restoration and re-configuration for a 10Gb/s are confirmed.
© 2000 Optical Society of America
PDF ArticleMore Like This
N. Agrawal, E. S. Tentarelli, N. A. Jackman, L. Zhang, S. K. Korotky, B. H. Lee, S. Baroni, B. M. Comissiong, J. M. Hitchcock, Y. R. Bing, J. P. Hickey, A. M. Gottlieb, K. S. Bhalla, T. W. Van Blarcum, D. T. Neilson, C. R. Giles, V. A. Aksyuk, S. Arney, N. R. Basavanhally, D. J. Bishop, B. A. Boie, C. A. Bolle, J. V. Gates, P. R. Kolodner, F. Pardo, R. Ruel, and R. E. Scotti
PD37 Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2000
C. Dimopoulos and D. Simeonidou
ThD2 Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2000
Hirohisa Sano, Shigeki Kitajima, Tatsuo Kanetake, Yasushi Sawada, Yasuyuki Fukashiro, Hideaki Tsushima, and Shoichi Hanatani
PThA5 Photonics in Switching (PS) 1997