• DocumentCode
    3520298
  • Title

    Impact of 3R wavelength converter tunability on WDM networks with finite signal impairment threshold

  • Author

    Sun Hyok Chang ; Hwan Seok Chung ; Sang Soo Lee ; Yun Hee Cho ; Kwangjoon Kim

  • Author_Institution
    Broadband Convergence Network Res. Div., Electron. & Telecommun. Res. Inst., Daejeon, South Korea
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    24-28 Feb. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    The effects of 3R wavelength converters (3R-WC) tunability on WDM networks with finite signal impairment threshold are presented. We find that 3R-WCs with limited tuning range can give the same network performance with full tunability.
  • Keywords
    optical repeaters; optical wavelength conversion; wavelength division multiplexing; 3R wavelength converter tunability; WDM networks; finite signal impairment threshold; Diode lasers; Laser tuning; Mesh networks; Optical fiber networks; Optical tuning; Optical wavelength conversion; Tunable circuits and devices; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength routing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-856-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2008.4528123
  • Filename
    4528123