Title :
95% reduction of power penalty utilizing non-soliton RZ pulse techniques in ADM networks
Author :
Seto, Ichiro ; Miyachi, Masahide ; Ogusu, Masahiro ; Ohshima, Shigeru
Author_Institution :
Toshiba R&D Center, Kawasaki, Japan
Abstract :
We find that non-soliton RZ pulses in add-drop multiplexing (ADM) networks reduce power penalty due to laser and (de)multiplexer wavelength misalignments to less than 5% compared with NRZ pulses. The limitation to the number of ADM nodes can be more than doubled
Keywords :
wavelength division multiplexing; ADM networks; ADM nodes; NRZ pulses; add-drop multiplexing networks; demultiplexer wavelength misalignments; multiplexer wavelength misalignments; non-soliton RZ pulse techniques; power penalty reduction;
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:19971406
