Title :
An eight-wavelength 160-km transparent metro WDM ring network featuring cascaded erbium-doped waveguide amplifiers
Author :
Reichmann, K.C. ; Iannone, P.P. ; Birk, M. ; Frigo, N.J. ; Barbier, D. ; Cassagnettes, C. ; Garret, T. ; Verlucco, A. ; Perrier, S. ; Philipsen, J.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Bell Labs. Res., Middletown, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate an 8/spl times/2.5 Gb/s wavelength-division-multiplexing metropolitan ring network in which each network-sourced wavelength constitutes a distinct multiuser virtual ring. The ring´s four nodes feature erbium-doped waveguide amplifiers, which promise future integrability.
Keywords :
erbium; metropolitan area networks; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; 160 km; 2.5 Gbit/s; 20 Gbit/s; Gb/s wavelength-division-multiplexing metropolitan ring network; cascaded erbium-doped waveguide amplifiers; eight-wavelength transparent metro WDM ring network; erbium-doped waveguide amplifiers; multiuser virtual ring; network-sourced wavelength; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Neural networks; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber networks; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
