Design and analysis of a quasi colourless multi-wavelength 2-port edge-ROADM

Author

Kumar, Renil ; Nair, Prita ; Nagarajan, V.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., SSN Coll. of Eng., Kalavakkam

fYear

2008

fDate

15-17 Dec. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

Design of a simple flexible multi-wavelength add-drop ROADM using MEMS based tunable wavelength selective filter is presented. This ROADM offers simultaneous tuning over different bands in addition to permanent add-drop channels and is suitable for application as edge-ROADM. The optical signal-to-noise ratio of all the express and add-drop channels of this ROADM is analyzed as a precursor for optimization of reconfigurable channels and pilot channels with reference to minimum gain control and cost.

Keywords

micro-optomechanical devices; multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical design techniques; optical fibre filters; optical fibre networks; optical tuning; telecommunication channels; MEMS; flexible wavelength 2-port edge-ROADM; optical network; optical signal-to-noise ratio; permanent add-drop channels; quasi colourless multiwavelength ROADM design; reconfigurable channel optimization; reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexers; tunable wavelength selective filter; Cost function; Gain control; Micromechanical devices; Optical filters; Optical tuning; Signal analysis; Signal to noise ratio; CWDM; Edge ROADM; Tunable photonic band gap filters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Networks and Telecommunication Systems, 2008. ANTS '08. 2nd International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Mumbai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3600-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3601-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ANTS.2008.4937806

Filename

4937806