Abstract

We describe a general construction for space–wavelength log2(FW;m; p) networks capable of wave-mixing conversion, including previous designs proposed in the literature, where F is the number of fibers and W is the number of wavelengths per fiber. In these networks, a lightpath is converted through at most f log2W +min(m; log2 W)g cascaded conversions, with O(pF log2 W) converters. Therefore the new construction enables the design of rearrangeably and strictly nonblocking log2(FW;m;p) wavelength interchanging cross connects, respectively, with O[F log2 W(FW)1=2=2m=2] and O[F log2 Wf(FW)1=2=2m=2+mg] wave-mixing converters. It also provides a trade-off between transmission impairments and converter requirements.

© 2002 Optical Society of America

Lightpath Topology Design for Wavelength-Routed Optical Networks in the Presence of Four-Wave Mixing

Aneek Adhya and Debasish Datta
J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 4(4) 314-325 (2012)

Quantum frequency translation by four-wave mixing in a fiber: low-conversion regime

L. Mejling, C. J. McKinstrie, M. G. Raymer, and K. Rottwitt
Opt. Express 20(8) 8367-8396 (2012)

Frequency translation via four-wave mixing Bragg scattering in Rb filled photonic bandgap fibers

Prathamesh S. Donvalkar, Vivek Venkataraman, Stéphane Clemmen, Kasturi Saha, and Alexander L. Gaeta
Opt. Lett. 39(6) 1557-1560 (2014)

Maximum detection with a two-dimensional optoelectronic p-n-p-n winner-take-all network

Christian V. Radehaus, Jacques I. Pankove, Maarten Kuijk, Paul Heremans, and Gustaaf Borghs
Appl. Opt. 31(29) 6303-6306 (1992)

Design and analysis of strictly nonblocking WDM optical-switching networks

Haitham S. Hamza and Jitender S. Deogun
J. Opt. Netw. 6(4) 322-340 (2007)