Optical Transport

28 Jan

Dispersion in optical fiber

Gepost door avink in dispersion, optical fiber, Optical Transport

FiberOnce there was a time everyone assumed that fiber possessed infinite bandwidth and would meet all communication needs into the foreseeable future. As the need arose to send information over longer and longer distances, the fiber optic community developed additional wavelength "windows" that allowed longer transmission. The 1550 nm region, with a loss of only 0.2 dB/km, seemed to be the answer. Lees meer... »

12 Dec

The Difference between CWDM and DWDM

Gepost door avink in CWDM, DWDM, Optical Transport

FiberIn my former post I told the next blog item would be in English.
Now, what is the difference between CWDM and DWDM. Lees meer... »

10 Oct

English blog

Gepost door avink in CWDM, DWDM, Optical Transport

FlagFrom now on this blog will be published in English.
The reason for this is twofold, first, the possible number of readers is much larger when written in English.
But the major reason is the terminology. Most, or actually all terms used are English. Writing in Dutch would me I end up with a blog that's one third in Dutch and two third in English. Lees meer... »

18 Mar

AMS-IX is klant

Gepost door avink in amplifier, booster, CWDM, demux, DWDM, FEC, mux, Optical, sfp, transponder, xfp, Optical Transport

AMSixWe hebben de Amsterdam Internet Exchange als DWDM klant mogen verwelkomen.
Hieronder heb ik het perbericht gezet dat we hebben uitgebracht ter ere van dit heugelijke feit.

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