8 CASCADED LINEAR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS IN A 200-km, 8 × 10-Gb/s, METRO WDM RING FEATURING STATIC AND DYNAMIC SWITCHING OF CHANNELS

摘要

WDM transmission of eight 10-Gb/s signals in a metro ring with eight cascaded Linear Optical Amplifiers shows Q-factors better than 17.6 dB (BER < 2·10{sup}(-14)). A system with three add/drop nodes is demonstrated. Dynamic switching of channels does not affect transmission quality of the remaining channels.