• DocumentCode
    1793545
  • Title

    N-degree ROADM architecture comparison: Broadcast-and-select versus route-and-select in 120 Gb/s DP-QPSK transmission systems

  • Author

    Filer, Mark ; Tibuleac, Sorin

  • Author_Institution
    ADVA Opt. Networking, Norcross, GA, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    9-13 March 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    ROADM systems utilizing 4- and 9-degree broadcast-and-select or route-and-select architectures are studied experimentally with 120 Gb/s DP-QPSK transmission. Effects arising from passband narrowing and crosstalk accumulation due to non-ideal WSS filtering are considered concurrently.
  • Keywords
    filtering theory; optical crosstalk; optical modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; DP-QPSK transmission systems; DWDM systems; N-degree ROADM architecture; bit rate 120 Gbit/s; broadcast-and-select architecture; crosstalk accumulation; nonideal WSS filtering; passband narrowing; reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexers; route-and-select architecture; Bandwidth; Crosstalk; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical fibers; Optical noise; Passband; Signal to noise ratio;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-5575-2994-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1364/OFC.2014.Th1I.2
  • Filename
    6886679