Effects of chromatic dispersion and self-phase modulation in multihop multirate WDM rings

Author

Cerutti, Isabella ; Fumagalli, Andrea ; Potasek, Mary J.

Author_Institution

Texas Univ., Richardson, TX, USA

Volume

14

Issue

3

fYear

2002

fDate

3/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

411

Lastpage

413

Abstract

When compared to first generation and single-hop optical networks, multihop and multirate (M&M) networks have the advantage of significantly reducing network cost under a variety of wavelength-to-terminal cost ratios. This letter investigates how fiber chromatic dispersion and self-phase modulation may affect such cost reduction in M&M wavelength-division-multiplexing rings.

Keywords

optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; self-phase modulation; telecommunication network planning; wavelength division multiplexing; M&M networks; M&M wavelength-division-multiplexing rings; WDM networks; chromatic dispersion; cost reduction; fiber chromatic dispersion; fiber self-phase modulation; multihop multirate WDM rings; multihop multirate networks; network cost; self-phase modulation; single-hop optical networks; wavelength-to-terminal cost ratios; Bandwidth; Chromatic dispersion; Costs; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber networks; Spread spectrum communication; Telecommunication traffic; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength routing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.986830

Filename

986830