Experimental demonstration of spectrum-sliced elastic optical path network (SLICE)

We describe experimental demonstration of spectrum-sliced elastic optical path network (SLICE) architecture. We employ optical orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) modulation format and bandwidth-variable optical cross-connects (OXC) to generate, transmit and receive optical paths with...

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Published in:Optics express 2010-10, Vol.18 (21), p.22105-22118
Main Authors: Kozicki, Bartłomiej, Takara, Hidehiko, Tsukishima, Yukio, Yoshimatsu, Toshihide, Yonenaga, Kazushige, Jinno, Masahiko
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Language:English
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Summary:We describe experimental demonstration of spectrum-sliced elastic optical path network (SLICE) architecture. We employ optical orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) modulation format and bandwidth-variable optical cross-connects (OXC) to generate, transmit and receive optical paths with bandwidths of up to 1 Tb/s. We experimentally demonstrate elastic optical path setup and spectrally-efficient transmission of multiple channels with bit rates ranging from 40 to 140 Gb/s between six nodes of a mesh network. We show dynamic bandwidth scalability for optical paths with bit rates of 40 to 440 Gb/s. Moreover, we demonstrate multihop transmission of a 1 Tb/s optical path over 400 km of standard single-mode fiber (SMF). Finally, we investigate the filtering properties and the required guard band width for spectrally-efficient allocation of optical paths in SLICE.
ISSN:1094-4087
1094-4087
DOI:10.1364/oe.18.022105