Title :
A fault tolerant WDM branching unit for long-haul multiwavelength transmission systems
Author :
Chan, Chun-Kit ; Tong, Frank ; Chen, Lian-Kuan ; Lam, Dennis
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., City Univ. of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Abstract :
We have proposed and experimentally demonstrated a simple yet practical WDM branching unit (BU), which can perform optical amplification, wavelength add-drop and fault tolerance functions. The reliability of the long-haul multiwavelength optical transmission systems can greatly be enhanced
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; telecommunication network reliability; wavelength division multiplexing; fault tolerance functions; fault tolerant WDM branching unit; long-haul multiwavelength optical transmission systems; ong-haul multiwavelength transmission system; optical amplification; reliability; wavelength add-drop; Bragg gratings; Fault tolerance; Fiber gratings; Optical attenuators; Optical crosstalk; Optical filters; Optical network units; Optical pumping; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1998. LEOS '98. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4947-4
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1998.739626
