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Future Developments <strong>and</strong> Challenges for IP <strong>over</strong> WDM Network Deployment 253<br />

As an example, the diagrams given for the transmitter <strong>and</strong> for the regenerator<br />

technology are given next. More material can be found on the OPTIMIST<br />

Web site.<br />

With respect to transmitter technology, it is obvious that WDM transmission<br />

requires stable sources locked on the International Telecommunication<br />

Union (ITU) wavelengths. Figure 13.7 maps the evolution <strong>of</strong> different types <strong>of</strong><br />

transmitters against time for the different types <strong>of</strong> <strong>networks</strong> envisaged.<br />

Tuneable lasers for wavelength-routed network architecture require an<br />

easy ITU-locked-wavelength allocation procedure. Tuning speed is a major<br />

issue here. Distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) lasers allow a moderate tuning<br />

range (25 nm), <strong>and</strong> the allocation procedure is fast (100 ns) but complicated<br />

<strong>and</strong> requires temperature control. External cavity lasers, on the other h<strong>and</strong>, are<br />

broadb<strong>and</strong> but slow. It seems that monolithic integration <strong>of</strong> vertical cavity surface<br />

emitting lasers (VCSELs) <strong>and</strong> MEMS (movable mirrors) may lead to costeffective<br />

solutions.<br />

High-speed modulators are also required for high-speed signal encoding.<br />

Commercial availability <strong>of</strong> modulators <strong>and</strong> drivers at 40 Gbps <strong>and</strong> above, however,<br />

remains a critical issue.<br />

Generation <strong>of</strong> short optical pulses is needed for OTDM interleaving <strong>and</strong><br />

solution-managed long-haul transmission. Targets to accomplish this are<br />

transform-limited pulses or chirp-managed pulses. Solution-managed transmission<br />

or OTDM at hundreds <strong>of</strong> gigabits per second require pulse widths around<br />

Global<br />

Metro<br />

Access<br />

DFB laser<br />

Accurate ITU grid locking<br />

External modulator<br />

EA -DFB laser<br />

Short-pulse laser<br />

Repetition rate: 80-160Gb/s<br />

Transform limited pulses<br />

Mode -locked lasers<br />

Fibre ring lasers<br />

Directly modulated/EA-DFB laser<br />

Modulation speed: 10-40Gb/s<br />

Limited chirp acceptable<br />

Directly modulated VCSEL<br />

Modulation speed 10Gb/s<br />

Cheap <strong>and</strong> compact unit<br />

Quantum dot laser<br />

Widely tuneable (300nm)<br />

Low chirp<br />

High power<br />

New modulation formats<br />

Duobinary<br />

High spectral efficiency<br />

Tunable laser<br />

DBR, SG -DBR<br />

Rapid tuning (100 ns)<br />

External cavity laser<br />

300 nm tuning range<br />

45dB SMSR<br />

GaAs LEDs/lasers<br />

Second window operation<br />

Low cost<br />

Figure 13.7 Evolution in transmitter technology.<br />

Supercontinuum generation<br />

High speed modulator for<br />

pulse carving<br />

Crystal fiber based<br />

Integrated transmitter array<br />

Compact module w. mult<strong>ip</strong>le<br />

wavelength channel emission<br />

<strong>and</strong> modulation<br />

Polymer transmitters<br />

Cheap production & testing<br />

5–10 years 10–20 years

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