Summary form only given. The emergence of dense wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) networks is stimulating interest in the development of WDM cross-connects. The WEST cross-connect is an optical four wavelength per fiber 3/spl times/3 WDM cross-connect that utilizes high-speed electronics and optoelectronics to implement the core switching function, the transmitters, and the receivers. Applications of this system element include: WDM network cross-connect, OC-48 or OC-192 add/drop network access, bi-directional SONET ring interconnection, large ATM switch synthesis, and distributed computing. The asynchronous electronic switch allows for arbitrary wavelength translation, remote monitoring/control and data regeneration, making it well-suited for application in WDM networks particularly for interexchange cross-connection. This electronic approach reduces problems posed by all optical approaches including erbium-doped fiber amplifier gain flatness, network monitoring, optical nonlinearities, and chromatic dispersion. The WDM cross-connect is divided into two main modules: the transmitter/receiver and the 12/spl times/12 crosspoint switch.


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    Title :

    WEST 120-Gbit/s 3/spl times/3 wavelength-division multiplexed cross-connect


    Contributors:
    Pedrotti, K.D. (author) / Chang, C.E. (author) / Price, A. (author) / Beccue, S.M. (author) / Campana, A.D. (author) / Gutierrez, G. (author) / Meeker, D. (author) / Wu, D. (author) / Wang, K.C. (author) / Metzger, A. (author)


    Publication date :

    1998-01-01


    Size :

    459905 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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