Author Affiliations

G. Gavioli,^(1),(2) G. Bosco,⁽¹⁾ P. Poggiolini,⁽¹⁾ M. Visintin,⁽¹⁾ P. Bayvel,⁽²⁾ I. Cano,⁽¹⁾ E. Torrengo,⁽¹⁾ M. Belmonte,⁽³⁾ G. Osnago,⁽⁴⁾ S. Piciaccia,⁽⁴⁾ A. La Porta,⁽⁵⁾ C. Lezzi,⁽⁶⁾ M. Ibsen,⁽⁷⁾ and P. Petropoulos⁽⁷⁾

⁽¹⁾OptCom, Dipartimento di Elettronica, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24, 10129, Torino, Italy

⁽²⁾Optical Networks Group, Dept. of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, University College London, Torrington Place, WC1E 7JE

⁽³⁾AVANEX Corporation, Via Federico Fellini, 4, San Donato Milanese, 20097, Milan, Italy

⁽⁴⁾CISCO Photonics, Via Philips 12, Monza, Milan, Italy

⁽⁵⁾Mi.Tel-Teleoptix, s.r.l., Via G.Rossa, 22, 20040 Cornate d'Adda, Milan, Italy

⁽⁶⁾FASTWEB s.p.a., Via Caracciolo 51, 20155, Milan, Italy

⁽⁷⁾Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, University Road, Southampton SO17 1BJ