Title : 
Channel capacity optimization of chirp-limited dense WDM/WDMA systems using OOK modulation and optical filters
         
        
            Author : 
Li, C.-S. ; Tong, F. ; Liu, K. ; Messerschmitt, D.G.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
         
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
A simulation approach is used to determine channel capacity in the presence of chirp and crosstalk. Results show that over 100 stations, each operating at 2 Gb/s, can be accommodated by a dense WDM/WDMA (wavelength division multiplexed/wavelength division multiple access) system spanning 30 nm and centered at 1.55 μm
         
        
            Keywords : 
channel capacity; frequency division multiple access; frequency division multiplexing; optical links; optical modulation; 1.55 micron; 2 Gbit/s; 30 nm; OOK modulation; WDM; WDMA; channel capacity; chirp; chirp limited systems; crosstalk; optical filters; simulation; wavelength division multiple access; wavelength division multiplexing; Bandwidth; Channel capacity; Chirp modulation; Frequency; Optical crosstalk; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Wavelength division multiplexing;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Communications, 1991. ICC '91, Conference Record. IEEE International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Denver, CO
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-0006-8
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ICC.1991.162430