• DocumentCode
    2423780
  • Title

    Dynamic add/drop of 8-of-16 10 Gb/s channels in 4/spl times/40 km semiconductor-optical-amplifier-based WDM system

  • Author

    Gnauck, A.H. ; Spiekman, L.H. ; Wiesenfeld, J.M. ; Garrett, L.D.

  • Author_Institution
    Newman Springs Lab., AT&T Labs.-Res., Red Bank, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    7-10 March 2000
  • Firstpage
    284
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate the benefits of near-linear SOA-amplified 4/spl times/40 km WDM transmission system. Eight out of sixteen 10 Gb/s channels are added or dropped (with only a 0.7 bB penalty in the remaining channels) over a wide range of time scales.
  • Keywords
    nonlinear optics; optical fibre communication; semiconductor optical amplifiers; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 160 km; 40 km; Gb/s channels; bB penalty; dynamic add/drop; near-linear SOA-amplified WDM transmission system; remaining channels; semiconductor-optical-amplifier-based WDM system; time scales; Optical distortion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical waveguides; Power measurement; Power transmission lines; Q factor; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Transmission line measurements; Waveguide lasers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-630-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2000.869485
  • Filename
    869485