Title :
Assessment of signal quality in 10 Gbit/s all-optical networks with wavelength converters
Author :
Poulsen, H.N. ; Stubkjaer, K.E.
Author_Institution :
Center for Broadband Telecommun., Tech. Univ., Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
Detailed modelling is used to assess the performance of an all-optical network. We predict that more than 10 all-optical cross connects interconnected by dispersion compensated single mode fiber can be cascaded at 10 Gbit/s
Keywords :
compensation; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical frequency conversion; optical interconnections; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; Gbit/s all-optical networks; WDM; all-optical cross connects; dispersion compensated single mode fiber; optical fibre interconnections; optical wavelength converters; signal quality; All-optical networks; Broadcasting; Intelligent networks; Optical control; Optical crosstalk; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical noise; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 1998. 24th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Madrid
Print_ISBN :
84-89900-14-0
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.1998.732785
