Abstract
A method of reducing the effects of coherent cross talk in a wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) add/drop multiplexer is proposed and analyzed by purposely introducing a delay between different cross-talk paths. For a 16-channel WDM system, this method reduces the requirement for the multiplexer/demultiplexer cross talk by approx. 10 dB for return to zero and approx. 5 dB for nonreturn to zero transmission.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe - Technical Digest |
| Editors | Anon |
| Publisher | IEEE |
| Pages | 26-27 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| State | Published - Jan 1 1998 |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1998 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO - San Francisco, CA, USA Duration: May 3 1998 → May 8 1998 |
Other
| Other | Proceedings of the 1998 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO |
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| City | San Francisco, CA, USA |
| Period | 5/3/98 → 5/8/98 |