Effect of bit pattern misalignment on coherent crosstalk in optical add/drop multiplexers

Authors
Shen, YF Lu, C Cheng, TH Rao, MK
Citation
Yf. Shen et al., Effect of bit pattern misalignment on coherent crosstalk in optical add/drop multiplexers, IEEE PHOTON, 12(7), 2000, pp. 891-893
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS
ISSN journal
10411135 → ACNP
Volume
12
Issue
7
Year of publication
2000
Pages
891 - 893
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(200007)12:7<891:EOBPMO>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
We studied the impact of coherent crosstalk on system performance in optica l add-drop multiplexers (OADM's) in both aligned and misaligned bit pattern cases. The concept of fading penalty is introduced to evaluate the impact. The results indicate that bit pattern misalignment will reduce the impact of coherent crosstalk when the crosstalk level is low and the number of cro sstalk paths is large, but will increase it when these conditions are not s atisfied.