Caspar, C.C.CasparFoisel, H.-M.H.-M.FoiselFreund, R.R.FreundStrebel, B.B.Strebel2022-03-032022-03-031998https://publica.fraunhofer.de/handle/publica/19391810.1109/68.720300The cascadability performance of (1) 30 arrayed waveguide grating (de)multiplexers alone and (2) 15-wavelength selective crossconnect paths were investigated. For the first time, a four-channel 10-Gb/s transmission over 15 cross-connects spaced by 78.3 km of dispersion compensated standard single-mode fibers was demonstrated in a recirculating loop experiment.endemultiplexing equipmentmultiplexing equipmentoptical communication equipmentoptical fibre communicationoptical fibre dispersionoptical switcheswavelength division multiplexingwavelength selective crossconnect pathsdispersion compensated optical fibressingle-mode-fiber linkscascadability performancearrayed waveguide grating multiplexersarrayed waveguide grating demultiplexersfour-channel transmissionrecirculating loop experimentwdm networksoptical crossconnects1175 km78.3 km10 Gbit/s621535journal article