DWDM Fundamentals, Components and Applications
Published on 31. December 2001
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-1-58053-177-1 (ISBN)
Description
This resource provides comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of the principles, technologies, standards and applications of Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM). The volume is designed to enable the reader to understand how DWDM components, devices and networks operate; examine the configuration and design trade-offs of current DWDM components and systems; assess the latest standards for optical network management; discover recent technological developments; and decide the direction and most promising areas for future research and development in the field.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Norwood
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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Laminated cover
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
653 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-58053-177-1 (9781580531771)
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Jean-Pierre Laude
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Jean-Pierre Laude is scientific director at Laude Consulting. He holds an engineering degree in optics from the Ecole Superieure d'Optique de Paris and a Ph.D. in spectroscopy from the University of Paris, Orsay. He holds 50 patents and has published extensively.
Content
Introduction. Basic Principles and Background-Wavelength Division Multiplexing: Basic Principles. History of Wavelength Division Multiplexing in a Few Words. Wavelength Division Multiplexing and Time Division Multiplex. Wavelength Domain and Separation Between Channels. Wavelength Allocation, ITU Grid. Optical Wavelength/Optical Frequency Conversion. How Many Channels? Some Definitions. Solitons. Dense Wavelength Division Multipliers and Demultiplexers-Passive Components, the Current Choices Available. Arrayed Waveguide Gratings. Fiber Bragg Gratings. Optical Multidielectric Filters. Diffraction Gratings. Cascaded Mach-Zehnder Interferometers. Other Devices. Methods for Broadening and Flattening the Spectral Shape of the Transmission Channels of Grating Wavelength Division Multiplexers. Sources and Wavelength Converters for DWDM-Introduction. Semiconductor Lasers. Glass-Doped Based Lasers with Narrow-Linewidths. Spectral Slicing of Sources. Wavelength Converters. Wavelength Division Multiplexing and Optical Amplification-Introduction. Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers (SOA). Brillouin Scattering Amplifiers. Raman Amplifier. Rare Earth-Doped Fiber Optic Amplifiers. Hybrid Raman/Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifiers. Erbium Doped Planar Waveguides. Routers, Cross Connects and Add/Drops-Introduction. Wavelength Conversion. Network Architecture Classification. Some Definitions Used for Interconnection Performance Characterization. Interoperability in Optical Routed DWDM Networks. Space Switches. Passive Wavelength Router(PWR). Optical Cross Connector (OXC). Optical Add/Drop Multiplexers. WDM Limits Caused by Optical Nonlinearities in Optical Fibers-Introduction. Self Phase Modulation (SPM). Cross Phase Modulation(XPM). Four Wave Mixing (FWM). Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (SBS). Stimulated Raman Scattering (SRS). Conclusions. Additional Note. Some Applications of Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing-Some of the Earlier Applications. Today;s DWDM Networks. Long Distance Transmission. Other Applications. Conclusions