Abstract
We report for the first time on the limitations in the operational power range of network traffic in the presence of heterogeneous 28-Gbaud polarization-multiplexed quadrature amplitude modulation (PM-mQAM) channels in a nine-channel dynamic optical mesh network. In particular, we demonstrate that transponders which autonomously select a modulation order and launch power to optimize their own performance will have a severe impact on copropagating network traffic. Our results also suggest that altruistic transponder operation may offer even lower penalties than fixed launch power operation.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 5783504 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1213-1215 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | IEEE Photonics Technology Letters |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 17 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2 Jun 2011 |
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- Kerr nonlinearity
- wavelength-division multiplexing
- optical network
- network design