• DocumentCode
    1188076
  • Title

    New physical analysis of 10-Gb/s transparent optical networks

  • Author

    Penninckx, D. ; Perret, C.

  • Author_Institution
    Alcatel R&I, Marcoussis, France
  • Volume
    15
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    5/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    778
  • Lastpage
    780
  • Abstract
    We give a new way to consider physical impairments in transparent networks, including the Kerr effect. Extensive numerical simulations show the tradeoff between the network engineering rule tightness and the required physical margins for lightpath establishment.
  • Keywords
    numerical analysis; optical Kerr effect; optical crosstalk; optical fibre networks; optical noise; self-phase modulation; stimulated Brillouin scattering; stimulated Raman scattering; 10 Gbit/s; 10-Gb/s transparent optical networks; Brillouin scattering; Kerr effect; Raman scattering; cross-phase modulation; crosstalk; light-path establishment; network engineering rule tightness; numerical simulations; optical signal-to-noise ratio; physical analysis; physical margins; self-phase modulation; Bit error rate; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical noise; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2003.809977
  • Filename
    1196167