title: Optical node with time-space-and-wavelength domain contention resolution, deflection and dropping capability.
abstract: We experimentally demonstrate an optical node with time-space-and- wavelength domain contention resolution, deflection and dropping capability. The node is composed of an optical buffer based on an optical crossconnect and a wavelength converter. Although the experimental results are shown at 10 Gbit/s the bitrate can be increased substantially. Bit-error rate measurements are shown, sustaining only 3.5 dB power penalty after 10mus of optical buffering and agile wavelength conversion over 18nm span.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Vegas Olmos
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zervas
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Simeonidou
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tafur Monroy
authors.forename: A M J
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Koonen