A full transparent fiber-optic ring architecture for WDM networks

Author

Irshid, Mansour I. ; Kavehrad, Mohsen

Author_Institution

Ottawa Univ., Ont., Canada

Volume

10

Issue

1

fYear

1992

fDate

1/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

101

Lastpage

108

Abstract

A fully transparent fiber-optic ring architecture for wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) networks is proposed. The physical topology of the proposed network is based on a single or multifiber ring. The nodes at the periphery of the network are connected onto the ring via a polarization-independent acoustically tunable optical filter (PIATOF). This device is used for injecting the transmission from each node at a predefined wavelength onto the ring and at the same time for accessing the transmission of the other nodes. Expressions are derived for the throughput of different network configurations

Keywords

acousto-optical devices; frequency division multiplexing; multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; optical filters; optical resonators; tuning; WDM networks; multifiber ring; network configurations; polarization-independent acoustically tunable optical filter; transparent fiber-optic ring architecture; wavelength division multiplexed; Bandwidth; Insertion loss; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Passive optical networks; Telecommunication network topology; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.108744

Filename

108744