Abstract
A generalized method for estimating penalties from spectrally-shaped crosstalk in cascaded multi-port WSS networks is derived, incorporating effects of ASE, signal filtering, and crosstalk filtering. Experiments in a 4-WSS cascade validate the proposed methodology.
© 2012 Optical Society of America
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