Simulation of ASE noise accumulation in a wavelength add-drop multiplexer cascade

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1274-1276

  Antoniades, N ^a,b   Roudas, I ^c   Wagner, R E ^c   Habiby, S F ^c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Noise; Optical amplifiers; Optical networks; Simulation; System performance; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION EQUALIZERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER LASERS; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION (ASE) NOISE; WAVELENGTH ADD DROP MULTIPLEXERS (WADM);

MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0031236269     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.618502     Document Type: Article

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