Title :
Transmission of wavelength references via a commercial transparent optical network over 534 km
Author :
Grosche, Wine ; Eggert, Michael ; Humphreys, David A. ; Campbell, Colin ; Petersen, Jan C. ; Henningsen, Jes ; Skipper, Bjarne
Author_Institution :
Phys. Tech. Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig
Abstract :
Wavelength references at 1550 nm were transmitted over a 16-channel 534 km DWDM network carrying live traffic as part of the EU CREW project. No degradation of the reference wavelength was observed down to the 10-8 level
Keywords :
measurement standards; optical fibre networks; telecommunication traffic; transparency; wavelength division multiplexing; 1550 nm; 534 km; DWDM network; EU CREW project; commercial optical network; live traffic; transparent optical network; wavelength reference transmission; wavelength references;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
