Research Catalog

Title

DWDM fundamentals, components, and applications / Jean-Pierre Laude.

Author

Laude, Jean-Pierre.

Publication

Boston : Artech House, [2002], ©2002.

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Description

xvii, 282 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Artech House optoelectronics library

Uniform Title

Artech House optoelectronics library.

Subject

• Wavelength division multiplexing
• Optical communications
• Light > Wave-length

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Introduction -- 2. Basic Principles and Background. Wavelength Division Multiplexing: Basic Principles. History of WDM in a Few Words. WDM and Time Division Multiplexing. Wavelength Domain and Separation Between Channels. Wavelength Allocation. Optical Wavelength/Optical Frequency Conversion. How Many Channels? Some Definitions. Solitons -- 3. Dense WDM and Demultiplexers. Passive Components: The Current Available Choice. AWG. FBG. Optical Multidielectric Filters. Diffraction Gratings. Cascaded Mach-Zehnder Interferometers. Other Devices: FBG/MZ Interferometer Devices. Methods of Broadening and Flattening the Spectral Shape of the Transmission Channels of Grating WDM. Comparison of the Different Solutions -- 4. Sources and Wavelength Converters for DWDM. Semiconductor Lasers. Glass-Doped-Based Lasers with Narrow Line-Widths. Spectral Slicing of Sources. Wavelength Converters -- 5. WDM and Optical Amplification. SOAs. Brillouin Scattering Amplifiers.
• Raman Scattering Amplifiers. Rare Earth-Doped Fiber Optic Amplifiers. Optical Signal-to-Noise Ratio of Erbium-Doped Fiber and Hybrid Raman/Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier Transmissions. Erbium-Doped Planar Waveguides. Distributed Optical Amplification. Comparison of Some Typical Characteristics of the Main Optical Amplifiers -- 6. Routers, Cross-Connects, and Add/Drops. Wavelength Conversion. Network Architecture Classification. Some Definitions Used for Interconnection Performance Characterization. Interoperability in Optical Routed DWDM Networks. Space Switches. Passive Wavelength Router. Optical Cross-Connector. OADMs -- 7. WDM Limits Caused by Optical Nonlinearities in Optical Fibers. SPM. XPM. FWM. SBS. SRS -- 8. Application of DWDM to Telecommunication Networks. Some of the Earlier Applications. Today's DWDM Networks. Long-Distance Transmission. Other DWDM Applications -- 9. Conclusion.

ISBN

1580531776 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2001055246

OCLC

• ocm48383535
• SCSB-4248121

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries