Capacities of WDM transmission systems and networks limited by stimulated Raman scattering

Author

Kim, Hyun Deok ; Lee, Chang-Hee

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Seoul, South Korea

Volume

13

Issue

4

fYear

2001

fDate

4/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

379

Lastpage

381

Abstract

We derive analytic expressions of the ultimate capacity-length-product (CLP) of the wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) transmission systems and the ultimate node throughput-length-product (NTLP) of the WDM networks limited by the stimulated Raman scattering (SRS). The CLP and the NTLP are proportional to the square root of the system capacity and the node throughput, respectively. However, they are independent of the system capacity and the node throughput when we compensate for the SRS induced power depletion. The CLP increases as we decrease the amplifier spacing. However, there exists an optimum amplifier spacing that maximizes the NTLP. The analytic results agree well with numerical simulation results.

Keywords

channel capacity; optical fibre networks; stimulated Raman scattering; wavelength division multiplexing; SRS; SRS induced power depletion compensation; WDM transmission system capacity; amplifier spacing; numerical simulation; optimum amplifier spacing; stimulated Raman scattering; system capacity; ultimate capacity-length-product; ultimate node throughput-length-product; wavelength-division-multiplexing; Bit rate; Degradation; Optical amplifiers; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Raman scattering; Signal to noise ratio; Throughput; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.917859

Filename

917859