The transmission performance in WDM-systems is different for the individual WDM channels. We investigated systematically this variation and wavelength dependence by using semi-analytical simulations. The benefit of this behavior in transparent optical networks is discussed and demonstrated in network case studies.
Harald Rohde, Gottfried Lehmann, Wolfgang Schairer, Jaroslav Turkiewicz, Eduward Tangdiongga, Huugh de Waardt, Giok-Djan Khoe, Ed Sikora, Yu Rong Zhou, Andrew Lord, David Payne
An overview of a wide choice of current technologies and components suitable for the use of 160 Gbit/s optical time domain multiplexing (OTDM) systems is given. A selection of the presented components were used to implement a 160 Gbit/s network. In a field trial on BT’s network we demonstrated transmission over 550 km and a fully operating OTDM network including a time domain add-drop multiplexer (TD-OADM) at a data rate of 160 Gbit/s at a single wavelength and a tributary data rate of 10 Gbit/s.
For 10 Gb/s and 40 Gb/s NRZ signals the maximum reach of a WDM transmission system depends on the optimization of the inline dispersion scheme, which is different for both data rates for SPM limited transmission systems. Therefore, a mixture of both data rates in the same fiber may cause an impairment of the system performance. This can be reduced introducing additional pre-compensation. The value for the optimum precompensation varies with the inline dispersion scheme and the launch power. A design rule to determine the optimum pre-compensation was derived empirically for SSMF and NZDSF. For fixed inline dispersion compensation on SSMF, the maximum reduction of the system reach without pre-compensation is found to be up to 6 dB, compared to optimized inline dispersion compensation schemes. By applying optimal pre-compensation this impairment can be reduced to less than 1 dB. For NZDSF with pre-compensation the system performance can also be improved significantly. Thus WDM systems using different line rates at the individual wavelengths are possible with only a small penalty.
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