Periodic allocation of a set of unequally spaced channels for WDM systems adopting dispersion-shifted fibers

Author

Lee, Jae-Seung ; Lee, Dong-Ho ; Park, Chang-Soo

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Kwangwoon Univ., Seoul, South Korea

Volume

10

Issue

6

fYear

1998

fDate

6/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

825

Lastpage

827

Abstract

To enhance the upgradability of the unequally spaced channel allocation (USCA), we propose a periodic allocation of an USCA set for optical wavelength-division multiplexing systems adopting dispersion-shifted fibers. Contrary to USCA, the channel number can be increased smoothly without changing old channel locations. The average optical bandwidth per channel is essentially fixed even though the channel number is increased indefinitely.

Keywords

frequency allocation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM systems; average optical bandwidth; channel locations; channel number; dispersion-shifted fibers; optical wavelength-division multiplexing systems; periodic allocation; unequally spaced channel allocation; unequally spaced channels; upgradability; Bandwidth; Channel allocation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical mixing; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.681498

Filename

681498