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[WA3-2]Experimental Demonstration of Optical-Analog-Optical Wavelength Conversion for Optical Cross-Connect
Haruka Minami1, ○Takeshi Seki1, Tatsunori Omiya2, Toshifumi Nakamura2, J. Kenji Clark2, Yusuke Shimomura2, Hitoshi Takeshita2, Wakako Maeda2, Rie Hayashi1, Emmanuel Le Taillandier de Gabory2, Takeshi Kuwahara1 (1NTT Corporation, 2NEC Corporation)
Keywords:
Optical cross-connects/add-drop multiplexers and switching subsystems Grid/cloud computing over optical networks
We experimentally show that optical-analog-optical tunable wavelength converters allow for a 2000-km-class WDM transmission with 6 wavelength conversions. The results confirm the physical feasibility of optical cross-connects incorporating the converters in the core network.