摘要:
An optical transmission system exploits the reduced signal-to-noise (SNR) requirements for low-bit rate channels to devise a new wavelength channel allocation scheme which increases the number of channels that a WDM system can support. Wavelengths of low-bit rate channels are assigned outside a flat-gain window (i.e., flat-passband region) of the system. The channel allocation scheme uses the high-bit rate channels located in the flat-passband region of wavelengths and the lower-bit rate channels located outside this passband region with progressively lower-bit rate channels located farther outside this passband region. Low-bit rate channels are also assigned to region(s) of the passband where the non-linear threshold power level of the system may be exceeded.
摘要:
In accordance with the invention, an optical communication system is provided with one or more automatic dispersion compensation modules. Each module has an adjustable dispersion element, a data integrity monitor and a feedback network whereby the monitor adjusts the dispersion element to optimize system performance. In a preferred embodiment the dispersion compensating modules comprise chirped fiber Bragg gratings in which the chirp is induced in the grating by passing a current along distributed thin film heaters deposited along the length of the fiber. The magnitude of the applied current determines the dispersion of the grating. A data integrity monitor is configured to sense the integrity of transmitted data and to provide electrical feedback for controlling the current applied to the grating.
摘要:
The deposition rate of MCVD processes is enhanced by applying at least a first and a second independently controlled heat source to a plurality of reactants which are used to form deposited particulate matter. The first heat source is adjusted so as to provide at least a specified rate of reaction for the reactants, and the second source is adjusted so as to provide at least a specified deposition rate for the particulate matter.
摘要:
In an optically amplified multi-wavelength optical fiber communication system, deleterious effects due to channel addition/removal can be reduced or avoided if the optical amplifiers are "overpumped", that is to say, the system is selected such that at least 70%, preferably 90% or more, of the pump power that is introduced into the amplifier fiber is unabsorbed in the amplifier fiber.