Title :
Engineering methodology for the use of SOAs and CWDM transmission in the metro network environment
Author :
Antoniades, N. ; Reichmann, K.C. ; Iannone, P.P. ; Levine, A.M.
Author_Institution :
City Univ. of New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
We investigate the OSNR performance of cascaded SOAs in CWDM metropolitan networks. SOA PDG and noise-figure requirements are determined by an engineering methodology based on careful receiver characterization. Performance is compared to conventional EDFA-amplified DWDM.
Keywords :
metropolitan area networks; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; CWDM transmission; SOA; coarse wavelength division multiplexing; metro network environment; Bandwidth; Crosstalk; Intelligent networks; Optical fiber networks; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Performance gain; Polarization; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215375
