PDL-induced channel power divergence in a metro WDM network

Author

Lee, M. ; Antoniades, N. ; Boskovic, A.

Author_Institution

Corning Inc., Somerset, NJ, USA

Volume

14

Issue

4

fYear

2002

fDate

4/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

561

Lastpage

563

Abstract

In this letter, we report on the effect of polarization-dependent loss (PDL) on the performance of a metro wavelength-division-multiplexing transparent optical network. We show that dynamic channel-by-channel power equalizers are needed in such networks for compensating the significant amount of PDL-induced channel power divergence that accumulates in transparent optical paths.

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; compensation; equalisers; metropolitan area networks; optical fibre losses; optical fibre networks; optical fibre polarisation; wavelength division multiplexing; Monte Carlo model; access rings; channel power divergence; dynamic channel-by-channel power equalizers; large interoffice feeder ring; metro WDM network; metro network simulation; polarization dependent loss; ripple effects; transparent optical network; wavelength add-drop muliplexers; wavelength selective cross connect; Equalizers; Intelligent networks; Optical amplifiers; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical saturation; Page description languages; Stimulated emission; WDM networks;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.992611

Filename

992611