13 WDM Questions & Answers

  1. What are types of WSS?

    • Liquid crystal
    • Liquid crystal on silicon
    • Micro electro mechanical system
  2. What are number of channels supported by WDM?

    • In CWDM , up to 18 channel
    • In DWDM more than 120 channel
  3. What’s difference between booster and pre amplifier?

    • Booster used with Tx side
    • Pre amplifier used with Rx side
  4. Which types of optical modules support high capacity?

    • CFP & CXP , CFP 4&CFP 8 as an example
  5. What are main types of amplifiers in WDM?

    • EDFA
    • Raman
  6. Which spectrum range used with DWDM?

    • C band
    • L band
  7. What are functions of spectrum analyzer boards?

    • Measure OSNR
    • Measure central wavelength
    • Measure optical power in ports
  8. What’s average range of Rx. sensitivity for OSC boards?

    • -40 / -48 dbm
  9. What are commons types of dispersion?

    • Chromatic dispersion
    • Polarization mode dispersion
  10. What are types of FOADM?

    • Serial FOADM
    • Parallel FOADM
  11. In which scenario preferably to use ASON?

    • Mesh topology with multiple routes
  12. What is common modulation types used with WDM?

    • DQPSK
    • ePDM Qpsk
    • 16 QAM
  13. Which types of fiber standards preferd to be used with DWDM to avoid four wave mixing?

    • G652
    • G655

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