Title :
RIN induced by out-band dispersion in fibre Bragg grating based add-drop multiplexers
Author :
Capmany, J. ; Pastor, D. ; Ortega, B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Communicaciones, Univ. Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
fDate :
12/9/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors analyse for the first time to their knowledge, the RIN enhancement in adjacent channels induced by the dispersive characteristic of a fibre Bragg grating OADM in transmission. It is concluded that in general it cannot be overlooked in dense WDM systems
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; multiplexing equipment; optical fibre dispersion; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; RIN; RIN enhancement; adjacent channels; dense WDM systems; dispersive characteristic; fibre Bragg grating OADM; fibre Bragg grating based add-drop multiplexers; out-band fibre dispersion;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19991508
