Abstract

We compare the homodyne crosstalk characteristics of a number of different optical add-drop multiplexer (OADM) structures, in the context of wavelength-division multiplexed (WDM) ring or bus network links. Nine fixed-wavelength and five reconfigurable OADM structures are examined. For the fixed-wavelength structures, we find considerable variation in the levels of incoherent crosstalk, and generally low coherent crosstalk levels. For the reconfigurable structures, incoherent crosstalk levels are quite similar,but the coherent crosstalk levels differ considerably. The range of homodyne crosstalk-induced power penalties is calculated for all structures, and the probability distribution is found for each reconfigurable OADM. The effects of the number of OADMs in the link and the number of wavelength channels in the network are also studied. We find that the best choice of OADM depends on the application.

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