TY - CHAP
T1 - Energy-efficient colourless photonic technologies for next-generation DWDM metro and access networks
AU - Lai, C. P.
AU - Naughton, A.
AU - Ossieur, P.
AU - Townsend, P. D.
AU - Smith, D. W.
AU - Borghesani, A.
AU - Moodie, D. G.
AU - Maxwell, G.
AU - Bauwelinck, J.
AU - Vaernewyck, R.
AU - Verbrugghe, J.
AU - Yin, X.
AU - Qiu, X. Z.
AU - Eiselt, M.
AU - Grobe, K.
AU - Parsons, N.
AU - Jensen, R.
AU - Kehayas, E.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Within the scope of our EU FP7 C3PO project, we are developing novel, energy-efficient, colourless photonic technologies for low-cost, next-generation dense wavelength-division-multiplexed metro transport and access networks. The colourless transmitters use reflective arrayed photonic integrated circuits, particularly hybrid reflective electroabsorption modulators, and multi-wavelength laser sources, with custom power-efficient driver circuitry. A low-loss piezoelectric beam-steering optical matrix switch allows for dynamic wavelength reconfigurability. Simplifying the required optical and electronic hardware, as well as avoiding the need for expensive, thermally-stabilised tuneable lasers, will yield cost and energy savings for data switching applications in future metro, access, and datacentre interconnection networks. We report on recent advancement towards these low-power optical networks, providing the latest systems results achieved with key enabling hybrid photonic integrated devices and electronic driver/receiver arrays for our targeted applications.
AB - Within the scope of our EU FP7 C3PO project, we are developing novel, energy-efficient, colourless photonic technologies for low-cost, next-generation dense wavelength-division-multiplexed metro transport and access networks. The colourless transmitters use reflective arrayed photonic integrated circuits, particularly hybrid reflective electroabsorption modulators, and multi-wavelength laser sources, with custom power-efficient driver circuitry. A low-loss piezoelectric beam-steering optical matrix switch allows for dynamic wavelength reconfigurability. Simplifying the required optical and electronic hardware, as well as avoiding the need for expensive, thermally-stabilised tuneable lasers, will yield cost and energy savings for data switching applications in future metro, access, and datacentre interconnection networks. We report on recent advancement towards these low-power optical networks, providing the latest systems results achieved with key enabling hybrid photonic integrated devices and electronic driver/receiver arrays for our targeted applications.
KW - Optical fibre communication
KW - optical fibre networks
KW - photonic integrated circuits
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84886244151
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84886244151
SN - 9782912328618
T3 - 2012 International Conference on Photonics in Switching, PS 2012
BT - 2012 International Conference on Photonics in Switching, PS 2012
T2 - 2012 International Conference on Photonics in Switching, PS 2012
Y2 - 11 September 2012 through 14 September 2012
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