Title :
Influence of filtered ASE noise and optical filter shape on the performance of a WADM cascade
Author :
Roudas, I. ; Antoniades, N. ; Wagner, R.E. ; Habiby, S.F. ; Stern, T.E.
Author_Institution :
Bellcore, Red Bank, NJ, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents a theoretical study of the impact of filtered amplified spontaneous emission noise and signal distortion on the performance of a cascade of wavelength add-drop multiplexers (WADM). Analysis and computer simulation are used to determine the maximum allowable laser and filter misalignments in order to maintain a bit error rate lower than 10-9
Keywords :
wavelength division multiplexing; WADM cascade; WDM; bit error rate; computer simulation; filtered ASE noise; filtered amplified spontaneous emission noise; maximum allowable laser misalignments; optical filter misalignments; optical filter shape; signal distortion; wavelength add-drop multiplexers; wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Integrated Optics and Optical Fibre Communications, 11th International Conference on, and 23rd European Conference on Optical Communications (Conf. Publ. No.: 448)
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-697-0
DOI :
10.1049/cp:19971438
