Influence of realistic optical filter characteristics on the performance of multiwavelength optical networks

Author

Roudas, I. ; Antoniades, N. ; Wagner, R.E. ; Garrett, L.D.

Author_Institution

Bellcore, Red Bank, NJ, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

10-13 Nov 1997

Firstpage

542

Abstract

This paper presents a realistic simulation study of the filter-induced distortion based on measurements of the transfer function of commercial multi-layer interference (MI) filters. Results show that transmission through 100 multiplexers/demultiplexers (MUX/DMUXes), of the order of national scale networks, is possible. However, requirements on the passband flatness, passband ripple and other filter parameters are important to achieve such performance

Keywords

demultiplexing equipment; interference filters; multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; optical transfer function; demultiplexer; distortion; multilayer interference filter; multiplexer; multiwavelength optical network; national scale network; optical filter cascade; passband flatness; passband ripple; simulation; transfer function; Band pass filters; Bandwidth; Frequency; Optical devices; Optical distortion; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Passband; Shape; Transfer functions;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1997. LEOS '97 10th Annual Meeting. Conference Proceedings., IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3895-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1997.645559

Filename

645559