DWDM Fundamentals, Components, and Applications
Published on 1. January 2001
302 pages
978-1-58053-560-1 (ISBN)
Description
This leading-edge resource provides you with comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of the principles, technologies, standards and applications of Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM). Essential reading for technical and business professionals alike, this volume will enable you 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 R&D in the field. With an authoritative and balanced presentation of history, theory, information on WDM components, and a focus on practical system applications, the work is an invaluable technical resource and research tool for design and manufacturing engineers, optical network designers, and postgraduate students. The book also gives you an overview of the latest, innovative applications of DWDM, particularly in telecommunication transmission links, advanced transport architectures and others.
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Jean-Pierre Laude
DWDM Fundamentals, Components and Applications
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12/2001
Artech House Publishers
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Content
- Intro
- Contents v
- Preface xv
- Acknowledgments xvii
- 1 Introduction 1
- 2 Basic Principles and Background 3
- 2.1 Wavelength Division Multiplexing: Basic Principles 3
- 2.2 History of WDM in a Few Words 4
- 2.3 WDM and Time Division Multiplexing 4
- 2.4 Wavelength Domain and Separation Between Channels 5
- 2.5 Wavelength Allocation 7
- 2.6 Optical Wavelength/Optical Frequency Conversion 7
- 2.7 How Many Channels? 10
- 2.8 Some Definitions 11
- 2.9 Solitons 12
- References 16
- 3 Dense WDM and Demultiplexers 19
- 3.1 Passive Components: The Current Available Choice 19
- 3.2 AWG 21
- 3.3 FBG 27
- 3.4 Optical Multidielectric Filters 32
- 3.5 Diffraction Gratings 38
- 3.6 Cascaded Mach-Zehnder Interferometers 64
- 3.7 Other Devices: FBG/MZ Interferometer Devices 67
- 3.8 Methods for Broadening and Flattening the Spectral Shape of the Transmission Channels of Grating WDM 68
- 3.9 Comparison of the Different Solutions 74
- References 77
- 4 Sources and Wavelength Converters for DWDM 83
- 4.1 Introduction 83
- 4.2 Semiconductor Lasers 84
- 4.3 Glass-Doped-Based Lasers with Narrow Line-Widths 96
- 4.4 Spectral Slicing of Sources 98
- 4.5 Wavelength Converters 106
- References 113
- 5 WDM and Optical Amplification 125
- 5.1 Introduction 125
- 5.2 SOAs 125
- 5.3 Brillouin Scattering Amplifiers 128
- 5.4 Raman Scattering Amplifiers 128
- 5.5 Rare Earth-Doped Fiber Optic Amplifiers 129
- 5.6 Optical Signal-to-Noise Ratio of Erbium-Doped Fiber and Hybrid Raman/Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier Transmissions 136
- 5.7 Erbium-Doped Planar Waveguides 139
- 5.8 Distributed Optical Amplification 140
- 5.9 Comparison of Some Typical Characteristics of the Main Optical Amplifiers 140
- References 141
- 6 Routers, Cross-Connects, and Add/Drops 147
- 6.1 Introduction 147
- 6.2 Wavelength Conversion 153
- 6.3 Network Architecture Classification 154
- 6.4 Some Definitions Used for Interconnection Performance Characterization 157
- 6.5 Interoperability in Optical Routed DWDM Networks 158
- 6.6 Space Switches 158
- 6.7 Passive Wavelength Router 169
- 6.8 Optical Cross-Connector 184
- 6.9 OADMs 198
- References 205
- 7 WDM Limits Caused by Optical Nonlinearities in Optical Fibers 221
- 7.1 Introduction 221
- 7.2 SPM 222
- 7.3 XPM 225
- 7.4 FWM 227
- 7.5 SBS 231
- 7.6 SRS 232
- 7.7 Conclusions 235
- 7.8 Additional Note 237
- References 237
- 8 Application of DWDM to Telecommunication Networks 245
- 8.1 Some of the Earlier Applications 245
- 8.2 Today's DWDM Networks 248
- 8.3 Long-Distance Transmission 254
- 8.4 Other DWDM Applications 256
- 8.5 Conclusion 256
- References 257
- 9 Conclusion 261
- References 262
- List of Acronyms 263
- About the Author 271
- Index 273
