Comparison of cascadability performance of differenttypes ofcommercially available wavelength (de)multiplexers

11 September 1997

journal article
Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters

Vol. 33 (19) , 1624-1626
https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19971116

Abstract

The cascadability performance of different types of commercially available wavelength (de)multiplexers is evaluated with regard to the amplitude and group delay characteristic. The bit error rate performance at 10 Gbit/s NRZ of 30 cascaded devices in an optical loop testbed is presented.

Keywords

WAVELENGTH DEMULTIPLEXERS
WAVELENGTH MULTIPLEXERS
BIT ERROR RATE
AMPLITUDE CHARACTERISTIC
WDM DATA STREAMS
NRZ SIGNAL FORMAT
BER PERFORMANCE
OPTICAL LOOP TESTBED
GROUP DELAY CHARACTERISTIC
COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE EQUIPMENT
CASCADABILITY PERFORMANCE
10 GBIT/S

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