Title :
Capacity Demand and Technology Challenges for Lightwave Systems in the Next Two Decades
Author :
Desurvire, Emmanuel B.
Author_Institution :
Alcatel, Villarceaux
Abstract :
Ten to 20 years from now, optical networks will have to carry vastly increased amounts of Internet traffic. Today\´s knowledge (2006) already points to ultimate technology limits in the physical layer, foretelling the end of the so-called "Optical Moore\´s Law." Such an observation is discordant with the generic and optimistic view of a "virtually infinite" optical bandwidth combined with unlimited Internet-traffic growth. In order to meet long-term needs and challenges, therefore, basic research in wideband optical components and subsystems must be urgently revived today
Keywords :
Internet; broadband networks; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; telecommunication traffic; Internet traffic; Internet-traffic growth; capacity demand; lightwave systems; optical networks; virtually infinite optical bandwidth; wide-band optical components; Bandwidth; IP networks; Internet; Moore´s Law; Optical fiber networks; Optical saturation; Physical layer; Stimulated emission; Telecommunication traffic; Wavelength division multiplexing; Broadband telecommunications; coherent systems; internet-traffic growth; optical Moore´s law (OML); optical amplifiers; optical bandwidth; optical fibers; optoelectronics; photonic networks; wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM);
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2006.885772
