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2019 / 03 / 23


WDM:Wavelength Division Multiplexing


In the same optical fiber at the same time can let two or more than two wavelength signal transmit and receive information through different optical channel, called wavelength division multiplex, referred to as WDM. Wavelength division multiplexing includes frequency division multiplexing and wavelength division multiplexing. Optical frequency division multiplexing (FDM) technology and optical wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) technology has no obvious difference, because the light is part of the electromagnetic wave, frequency and wavelength of light have a single correspondence. Usually also can understand so, optical frequency division multiplexing mean subdivision of optical frequency, very dense optical channel. Wavelength division multiplexing means divided frequency of light, light channel far apart, even in the optical fiber with different window.


The general application of division multiplexing wavelength is respectively using a wavelength division multiplexer and demultiplexer arranged at both ends of the optical fiber, coupling and separation of different wavelength. The main four types of WDM are fused biconical taper type, dielectric film type, FBG type and planar waveguide grating type .The main characteristic is the insertion loss and isolation. Usually, the optical link using wavelength division multiplexing equipment, increase the amount of optical link loss is called WDM insertion loss. When the wavelength transmission through the same optical fiber, the D-value between the splitter input mixed power and the output end of the fiber power is called isolation.. The following are characteristics and advantages of optical wavelength division multiplexing technical:

(1) Make full use of low loss band fiber, increase the transmission capacity of optical fiber, the physical limit of an optical fiber for transmitting information doubled to several times. At present, we only use the low loss optical fiber spectrum (1310nm-1550nm) a few, WDM can fully utilize the huge bandwidth of single-mode fiber is about 25THz, the transmission bandwidth is sufficient.

(2) There are ability to transmit  two or more than two asynchronous signal in the same optical fiber ,there are compatible for digital and analog signals, has nothing to do with the data rate and modulation mode, the middle line can be removed or added channel.

(3) About the optical fiber system that has built, especially early laying optical cable that core number not much, as long as the original system power is margin, we can increase the capacity; realize the transmission of multiple one-way or two-way signals without making big changes to the original system, so it has strong flexibility.

(4) Due to the large number of reducing use amount of the fiber, it can greatly reduce the construction cost, because the fiber quantity is less, when a fault occurs, the recovery is also fast and convenient.

(5) Sharing of active optical devices, the cost of transmission of multiple signals or increase new business will reduce.

(6)The active devices in the system have been substantially reduced, which improves the reliability of the system. At present, because of the light multi carrier division multiplexing of optical transmitter, optical receiver equipment’s requirements higher, technology implementation has certain difficulty, also multiple core cable used in traditional broadcast television transmission business does not appear especially shortage, so the practical application of WDM is still not much. However, with the development of CATV integrated service development, the growing demand for network bandwidth, all kinds of selective service upgrade and network implementation economic cost considerations and so on, the characteristics and advantages of WDM in the CATV transmission system gradually emerged, showing broad application prospects, even influence the development pattern of CATV network.

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