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
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