title: Generalized weighted crosstalk for DWDM systems with cascaded wavelength-selective switches.
abstract: A generalized method for estimating transmission penalties from spectrally-shaped crosstalk in cascaded multi-port WSS networks is derived, including effects of ASE, signal filtering, and crosstalk filtering. The weighted crosstalk value is computed by multiplying the shaped interfering signal by the power spectral density of the primary signal. This value is used to predict OSNR penalties in networks with cascaded WSSs of arbitrary port count. Theoretical treatment is supported by extensive numerical simulations and experiments for a variety of network configurations. Examples are presented for 43 Gb/s DPSK and 120 Gb/s DP-QPSK in cascaded ROADM networks with three distinct WSS types.
authors.affiliation: R&D Optical Systems, ADVA Optical Networking, 5755 Peachtree Industrial Blvd, Norcross, Georgia 30092, USA. mfiler@advaoptical.com
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Filer
authors.forename: Sorin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tibuleac