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Demonstration of high capacity in the LAMBDANET architecture: a multiwavelength optical network
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1987
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Optical MaterialsEngineeringOptical Transmission SystemOptical Wireless CommunicationHigh CapacityFiber-optic CommunicationOptical NetworksOptical PropertiesMultiwavelength Optical NetworkOptical CommunicationOptical NetworkingFree-space Optical NetworkPhotonicsOptical TransmissionComputer EngineeringPassive Optical NetworkMulti-wavelength Optical NetworkTransmission MeasurementsSingle-mode Optical FibreOptical WaveguidesOptical AccessLambdanet ArchitectureOptical Fiber CommunicationOptoelectronics
The letter presents transmission measurements in a multi-wavelength optical network, using 18 channels spaced 2 nm around 1.55 μm. Each channel was modulated at 1.5G bit/s and transmitted through 57.8 km of single-mode optical fibre. Experimental results demonstrate a bandwidth-distance product of l.56 Tbit s−1 km and a point-to-multipoint figure of merit of 21.5 Tbit s−1 km node.