Optical test equipment for performance evaluation of installed DWDM systems

Author

Bakhshi, B. ; Patterson, W.W. ; Leanza, J. ; Duff, D. ; Golovchenko, E.A. ; Nissov, M. ; Kovsh, D.I. ; Vaa, M. ; Sliwinski, D. ; Maybach, R.L. ; Razavi, K. ; Arend, M. ; Becker, T. ; Jimenez, S.

Author_Institution

TyCom Labs., Eatontown, NJ, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

17-22 Mar 2002

Firstpage

166

Lastpage

168

Abstract

We have developed a TOTE™ technique for evaluation of the full capacity performance of DWDM systems without need for full terminal equipment. The presented TOTE™ design works independently of the system bandwidth and channel spacing and is thus very attractive for performance evaluation of installed DWDM systems. In a 28 nm, transatlantic DWDM field transmission experiment, the presented TOTE™ design is verified to accurately measure the same gain shape and performance as the fully loaded transmitter.

Keywords

optical cables; optical fibre testing; optical transmitters; submarine cables; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; DWDM systems; TOTE™ design; channel spacing; full capacity performance; fully loaded transmitter; gain shape; installed DWDM systems; optical test equipment; performance evaluation; system bandwidth; transatlantic DWDM field transmission experiment; Dielectric films; Insertion loss; Optical coupling; Optical fiber testing; Optical films; Optical filters; Optical losses; Optical waveguides; Test equipment; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002. OFC 2002

Print_ISBN

1-55752-701-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2002.1036279

Filename

1036279