Influence of cascaded crosstalk sources on transparency length

Author

Caspar, C. ; Konitzer, M. ; Schmidt, F. ; Schulze, E. ; Strebel, B. ; Weinert, C.M.

Author_Institution

Heinrich Hertz Inst. fur Nachrichtentech., Berlin, Germany

Volume

12

Issue

6

fYear

2000

fDate

6/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

737

Lastpage

739

Abstract

The influence of cascaded optical cross connects including crosstalk on the transparency length is measured with a new double-path loop setup. In addition, numerical simulations were performed to evaluate the bit-error rate and to test the variability of the crosstalk model. It is found that inband crosstalk per crossconnect should be smaller -40 dB for 2000-km trunk line, 10-Gb/s transmission, and eight cross connects.

Keywords

compensation; optical crosstalk; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre dispersion; optical interconnections; optical modulation; transparency; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 2000 km; Gb/s transmission; bit-error rat; cascaded crosstalk sources; cascaded optical cross connects; cross connects; crosstalk model; double-path loop setup; inband crosstalk; numerical simulations; transparency length; Bit error rate; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Length measurement; Numerical simulation; Optical crosstalk; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Performance evaluation; Testing; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.849105

Filename

849105