Title :
8 Cascaded Linear Optical Amplifiers in a 200-km, 8 × 10-Gb/s, Metro WDM Ring Featuring Static and Dynamic Switching of Channels
Author :
Crijns, J.J.J. ; Spiekman, L.H. ; van den Hoven, G.N. ; Tangdiongga, E. ; de Waardt, H.
Author_Institution :
Genoa Corporation, Lodewijkstraat 1a, 5652AC Eindhoven, The Netherlands, Ph.: +31 40 750 2000; fax: +31 40 750 2020; email: hcrijns@genoa.com
Abstract :
WDM transmission of eight 10-Gb/s signals in a metro ring with eight cascaded Linear Optical Amplifiers shows Q-factors better than 17.6 dB (BER < 2·10-14). A system with three add/drop nodes is demonstrated. Dynamic switching of channels does not affect transmission quality of the remaining channels.
Keywords :
Bit error rate; Optical amplifiers; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber polarization; Optical waveguides; Q factor; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN :
87-90974-63-8
