Homodyne Linear Crosstalk Impact in an Array Waveguide Router as an OADM for WDM Networks

Performance analysis is carried out to evaluate the bit error rate (BER) performance limitation of a WDM transmission system imposed by crosstalk due to array waveguide grating routing multiplexer/demultiplexer. Power penalty evaluated at a BER of 109 shows a significant impact of crosstalk on the n...

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Main Authors: Karfaa, Y.M., Ismail, M., Abbou, F.M., Shaari, S.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Arrayed waveguide gratings
Bit error rate
Optical add-drop multiplexers
Optical crosstalk
Optical fiber networks
Optical fiber polarization
Optical waveguides
Performance analysis
waveguide grating router
Wavelength division multiplexing
WDM networks
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Summary:Performance analysis is carried out to evaluate the bit error rate (BER) performance limitation of a WDM transmission system imposed by crosstalk due to array waveguide grating routing multiplexer/demultiplexer. Power penalty evaluated at a BER of 109 shows a significant impact of crosstalk on the number of wavelengths that can be connected to the AWG. Penalty is higher at higher input power, higher number of channels and higher bit rates used for transmission.
DOI:10.1109/SMELEC.2006.381073