Title :
System performance of tunable-filter ROADM
Author :
Filer, M. ; Tibuleac, S. ; Wagener, J. ; Strasser, T.
Author_Institution :
ADVA Opt. Networks, Norcross, GA
Abstract :
OSNR penalties demonstrate excellent filtering and power divergence performance for low cost tunable filter access ROADMs, with resulting performance reported at 10 Gb/s (36 nodes) and 40 Gb/s (8 nodes).
Keywords :
amplitude modulation; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical filters; optical modulation; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; modulation; optical signal-noise ratio; power divergence; transmission fiber; tunable-filter ROADM; Band pass filters; Costs; Filtering; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical noise; Performance loss; Signal to noise ratio; System performance; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Acapulco
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1931-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1932-6
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688559
