Abstract: An optical network includes top networking ports coupled to a packet switch, first media converters, second media converters, and bottom networking ports. The first media converters are coupled to top networking ports, each of the first media converters including a first ASIC transceiver that has a circuit switch function. The second media converters are coupled to the first media converter via optical cables to receive the optical signals. Each of the second media converters includes a second ASIC transceiver that has a circuit switch function. The bottom networking ports are coupled to the second media converters. The first ASIC transceiver and the second ASIC transceiver are configured to transmit a signal from one of the top networking ports to any one of the bottom networking ports, and transmit a signal from one of the bottom networking ports to any one of the top networking ports.

Abstract: An optical network includes top networking ports coupled to a packet switch, first media converters, second media converters, and bottom networking ports. The first media converters are coupled to top networking ports, each of the first media converters including a first ASIC transceiver that has a circuit switch function. The second media converters are coupled to the first media converter via optical cables to receive the optical signals. Each of the second media converters includes a second ASIC transceiver that has a circuit switch function. The bottom networking ports are coupled to the second media converters. The first ASIC transceiver and the second ASIC transceiver are configured to transmit a signal from one of the top networking ports to any one of the bottom networking ports, and transmit a signal from one of the bottom networking ports to any one of the top networking ports.

Abstract: An optical network includes top networking ports coupled to a packet switch, first media converters, second media converters, and bottom networking ports. The first media converters are coupled to top networking ports, each of the first media converters including a first ASIC transceiver that has a circuit switch function. The second media converters are coupled to the first media converter via optical cables to receive the optical signals. Each of the second media converters includes a second ASIC transceiver that has a circuit switch function. The bottom networking ports are coupled to the second media converters. The first ASIC transceiver and the second ASIC transceiver are configured to transmit a signal from one of the top networking ports to any one of the bottom networking ports, and transmit a signal from one of the bottom networking ports to any one of the top networking ports.

Abstract: An optical network includes top networking ports coupled to a packet switch, first media converters, second media converters, and bottom networking ports. The first media converters are coupled to top networking ports, each of the first media converters including a first ASIC transceiver that has a circuit switch function. The second media converters are coupled to the first media converter via optical cables to receive the optical signals. Each of the second media converters includes a second ASIC transceiver that has a circuit switch function. The bottom networking ports are coupled to the second media converters. The first ASIC transceiver and the second ASIC transceiver are configured to transmit a signal from one of the top networking ports to any one of the bottom networking ports, and transmit a signal from one of the bottom networking ports to any one of the top networking ports.

Abstract: An optical amplifier for a 4-fiber system having two inputs and outputs is provided that makes use of a single amplifier rather than two separate amplifiers. The optical amplifier node makes use of an interleaver before and after the single amplifier to demultiplex and multiplex even and odd channel signals traveling in opposite directions. The arrangement can also amplify wide channel spaced signals traveling through a plurality of optical fibers. The optical amplifier node can be combined with other like amplifier nodes to provide more complex amplifier solutions at reduced costs due to the need for only half of the typical number of amplifiers. The optical amplifier node can also be combined with, e.g., variable optical attenuators, L/C/S filters, channel add/drop, co- and counter-propagating Raman amplification, and dispersion compensation modules to modify the optical signals as desired.

Abstract: An optical add/drop multiplexor usable in a WDM optical communications system that can be re-configured to add and/or drop new arbitrarily selected wavelengths without adversely impacting added, dropped, or expressed traffic that is already provisioned. The optical add/drop multiplexor includes an optical add/drop module, an optical signal interleaver, and an optical signal de-interleaver. Re-configuration of the optical add/drop multiplexor is achieved by employing the optical signal interleaver to provide at least one arbitrarily selected wavelength, or combine a plurality of arbitrarily selected wavelengths, to generate added traffic provided to the optical add/drop multiplexor; and, by employing the optical signal de-interleaver to separate at least one arbitrarily selected wavelength from dropped traffic provided by the optical add/drop multiplexor.

Abstract: An optical amplifier for a 4-fiber system having two inputs and outputs is provided that makes use of a single amplifier rather than two separate amplifiers. The optical amplifier node makes use of an interleaver before and after the single amplifier to demultiplex and multiplex even and odd channel signals traveling in opposite directions. The arrangement can also amplify wide channel spaced signals traveling through a plurality of optical fibers. The optical amplifier node can be combined with other like amplifier nodes to provide more complex amplifier solutions at reduced costs due to the need for only half of the typical number of amplifiers. The optical amplifier node can also be combined with, e.g., variable optical attenuators, L/C/S filters, channel add/drop, co- and counter-propagating Raman amplification, and dispersion compensation modules to modify the optical signals as desired.

Abstract: A high speed DWDM optical transmission system that reduces a fiber dispersion limit without reducing the total channel count of a multi-wavelength optical signal. The system achieves such reduction in the fiber dispersion limit by employing a multi-wavelength optical signal comprising a gap-free band structure, and performing per-band dispersion compensation on the optical signal by adjusting residual dispersion values associated with one or more of the bands. In one embodiment, the system includes a first dispersion compensation module (DCM) that provides a dispersion-compensated multi-wavelength optical signal containing wavelength-dependent residual dispersion to a band splitter. The band splitter separates the dispersion-compensated optical signal into a plurality of bands such that no band gaps are formed between adjacent bands, and provides each band to a respective second DCM configured to reduce the residual dispersion associated with that band to a predetermined range of residual dispersion values.

Abstract: An optical amplifier for a 4-fiber system having two inputs and outputs is provided that makes use of a single amplifier rather than two separate amplifiers. The optical amplifier node makes use of an interleaver before and after the single amplifier to demultiplex and multiplex even and odd channel signals traveling in opposite directions. The optical amplifier node can be combined with other like amplifier nodes to provide more complex amplifier solutions at reduced costs due to the need for only half of the typical number of amplifiers. The optical amplifier node can also be combined with, e.g., variable optical attenuators, L/C filters, channel add/drop, and dispersion compensation modules to modify the optical signals as desired.

Abstract: A high speed DWDM optical transmission system that reduces a fiber dispersion limit without reducing the total channel count of a multi-wavelength optical signal. The system achieves such reduction in the fiber dispersion limit by employing a multi-wavelength optical signal comprising a gap-free band structure, and performing per-band dispersion compensation on the optical signal by adjusting residual dispersion values associated with one or more of the bands. In one embodiment, the system includes a first dispersion compensation module (DCM) that provides a dispersion-compensated multi-wavelength optical signal containing wavelength-dependent residual dispersion to a band splitter. The band splitter separates the dispersion-compensated optical signal into a plurality of bands such that no band gaps are formed between adjacent bands, and provides each band to a respective second DCM configured to reduce the residual dispersion associated with that band to a predetermined range of residual dispersion values.