Dynamic circulating-loop methods for transmission experiments in optically transparent networks

Author

Kilper, D.C. ; Chandrasekhar, S. ; Smyth, F. ; Barry, L.P.

Author_Institution

Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ

Volume

1

fYear

2008

fDate

22-26 June 2008

Firstpage

99

Lastpage

102

Abstract

Recent experiments incorporating multiple fast switching elements and automated system configuration in a circulating loop apparatus have enabled the study of aspects of long-haul WDM transmission unique to optically transparent networks. Techniques include per-span switching to measure the performance limits due to dispersion compensation granularity and mesh network walk-off, and applied constant-gain amplification to evaluate wavelength reconfiguration penalties.

Keywords

compensation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; circulating-loop methods; constant-gain amplification; dispersion compensation; long-haul WDM transmission; mesh network walk-off; multiple fast switching elements; optically transparent networks; High power amplifiers; Mesh networks; Monitoring; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber networks; Power amplifiers; Steady-state; Stimulated emission; Telecommunication traffic; USA Councils; circulating loop experiments; dispersion compensation granularity; transparent networks; wavelength reconfiguration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2008. ICTON 2008. 10th Anniversary International Conference on

Conference_Location

Athens

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2625-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2626-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2008.4598380

Filename

4598380