Cascadability Study of 16 1x9 Wavelength Selective Switches with 5x42.6 Gb/s CS-RZ Channels

Benoît Clouet (1) , Bertrand Le Guyader (1) , Sébastien Lobo (1) , Fabien Merlaud (1) , Jean-Claude Simon (1) , Thomas Ducellier (2)

1 FOTON - Fonctions Optiques pour les Technologies de l'informatiON
2 METCONNEX

Wavelength Selective Switches will play a significant role in future networks. We study the system limitations induced by a cascade of 16 WSS on the propagation of 5 CS-RZ 42.6 Gb/s channels.

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Benoît Clouet, Bertrand Le Guyader, Sébastien Lobo, Fabien Merlaud, Jean-Claude Simon, et al.. Cascadability Study of 16 1x9 Wavelength Selective Switches with 5x42.6 Gb/s CS-RZ Channels. 31st European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2005) [ http://conferences.iee.org/ecoc05/ ], Sep 2005, Glasgow, United Kingdom. Vol.3, pp.735-736. ⟨hal-00087243⟩