The aim of this masters thesis is to explain quantum key distribution (QKD) and principle of signal transmission in the quantum channel. Further this thesis complains commercial distributors of QKD technologies and their individual appliances. Practical part of the thesis is separated to 3 parts. First part handles transmission of quantum keys in QKDNetsim simulator. Second part takes care of design and creation of a test polygon that allows for testing of many optical network configurations with quantum signal and normal data traffic being transmitted in a single fiber. Multiple simulations of use of various filter types to supress the signal noise in the program VPIphotonics and tested by QKDNetsim are shown in the last part of this thesis.

The polarization of light is one of the most remarkable phenomena in nature and has led to many discoveries in the optical-telecommunications sphere. The master's thesis describes the basic knowledge about polarized light, which includes the types of light polarization, the issue of Poincaré sphere, polarizing ellipse, etc. Emphasis is also placed on the measurement of optical power, where the analysis of various types of photodetectors and also polarimeters was performed. In the practical part of this work, the design of the workplace itself is described in the diagrams. Also, all devices in the workplace are analyzed and subsequently demonstrated measurement in several scenarios. The final chapter is a discussion with the measured results and graphical dependencies, comparison and analysis of results.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:37:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Palmerston Donizzeti Taveira.pdf: 3709250 bytes, checksum: f7776004371e059d73f0d20c8d735c07 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-08-02 / The optical amplifier has improved the optical communication systems because they lead to an increase in transmission capacity of medium and long haul optical systems, with technological advantages over electronic regenerators. The optical amplifier are relatively simple to deploy and can be used in optical links without any troubles regarding signal transmission rate improvement and signal modulation changes, as a consequence of these issues they can substitute the electronic regenerator enhancing security with low operation cost. The CWDM systems multiplex optical wavelength with a low cost in metropolitan networks. It was developed to connect backbone networks to metro core and edge networks with cost saving over DWDM systems but lower transmission capacity. We have developed and characterized in our research a discrete Raman amplifier for operation in O band. We connected the amplifier in a point to point CWDM in order to analyze the gain on the system transmission capacity and the impairments that appears in the system. Working with a eight channel CWDM in O band, modulated with 2.5 Gbit/s, we have demonstrated that we can use a discrete Raman amplifier in single configurations, pre amplifier, booster and line amplifier and shared configuration with booster and pre amplifier to increase the transmission capacity that means, increase the length of the optical link. We have increased in 110% the length of the optical link with a shared configuration of two amplifiers with 10 dB gain for each one. / Os amplificadores ópticos revolucionaram a tecnológica das comunicações ópticas, pois possibilitaram o aumento da capacidade de transmissão dos sistemas ópticos de média e longa distância, com vantagens tecnológicas sobre os regeneradores. Estes dispositivos são relativamente simples de serem desenvolvidos, utilizam poucos componentes e podem ser utilizados nas redes ópticas de forma transparente a taxa de transmissão e modulação do sinal. Substituem assim, com vantagens, os regeneradores eletrônicos, agregando segurança e baixo custo à operação das redes ópticas. Os sistemas CWDM realizam a multiplexação óptica de comprimentos de onda a um baixo custo em redes metropolitanas. São utilizados para conectar as redes de transporte de alta capacidade às redes de acesso, trazendo uma larga vantagem em custo sobre os sistemas DWDM, porém com menor capacidade de transmissão. Nosso trabalho de pesquisa consistiu em desenvolver e caracterizar um amplificador Raman discreto na banda O (1260 a 1360 nm), aplicando este amplificador em um sistema CWDM ponto a ponto com taxa de transmissão de 2.5 Gbit/s por canal e analisando o aumento na capacidade de transmissão e os efeitos que degradam o sinal transmitido. Trabalhando com um sistema CWDM com oito canais na banda O, demonstramos que podemos utilizar um amplificador Raman discreto nas configurações isoladas de pré-amplificador, booster e amplificador de linha e na configuração simultânea de booster e pré-amplificador para aumentar a capacidade de transmissão. Aumentamos o comprimento original do enlace em 110%.

[pt] O objetivo desta Dissertação é apresentar a análise do comportamento de protocolos e dos métodos de proteção em sistemas ópticos para as futuras redes de altas taxas de transmissão. A demanda por banda de transmissão em redes ópticas vem aumentando sobremaneira nas últimas décadas, principalmente, devido à disseminação do acesso e da utilização da Internet e aos novos tipos de aplicações que ela utiliza, com compartilhamento de vídeos e aplicações em nuvem. Esse aumento de tráfego tem impulsionado fortemente o desenvolvimento de tecnologias de sistemas ópticos que procuram garantir o atendimento a essa demanda. Várias frentes de estudos buscam obter taxas de transmissão de bits mais altas por canais (100Gbps, 400Gbps e 1Tbps), utilizando-se de tecnologias avançadas como o formato de modulação multinível, fibras com baixa perda e área de transmissão efetiva mais larga, amplificação híbrida EDFA/Raman e tecnologias de detecção digital coerente. A taxa máxima de transmissão em sistemas ópticos está saindo do atual 10Gbps e indo na direção dos 40Gbps e 100Gbps, já comercialmente oferecidos, e dos 400Gbps e 1Tbps ainda em desenvolvimento. E esse aumento na taxa de transmissão gera uma necessidade de avaliação do comportamento dos protocolos e métodos de proteção atuais quando aplicados a essas novas redes ultra-rápidas. A mudança para taxas de transmissão tão altas pode requerer diferentes estratégias de operação, e a razão é que os efeitos de retardo de propagação alteram significantemente o controle de fluxo do tráfego. / [en] The aim of this Dissertation is to present an analysis of the behavior of protocols and protection methods in optical communication systems for the ultra high bit rate networks. The demand for optical networking transmission bandwidth is increasing greatly in recent decades, mainly due to the spread of access to and the use of the Internet and new types of services, with video sharing and cloud applications. This increase in traffic has driven strongly the development of optical systems technologies that seek to ensure compliance with this demand. Several fronts of studies seeking to obtain rates from higher bits per channel (100Gbps, 400Gbps and 1Tbps), using advanced technologies such as multilevel modulation format, fibers with low loss and wider effective transmission area, hybrid EDFA/Raman amplification and digital coherent detection technologies. The maximum transmission rate in optical systems is coming out of the current 10Gbps and 40Gbps and going towards the 100Gbps, already commercially offered, and still developing 400Gbps and 1Tbps. This increase in transmission rate generates a need for evaluation of the behavior of current protection protocols and methods when applied to these new ultra-fast networks. The change to so high transmission rates may require different operating strategies, and the reason is that the effects of propagation delay alter significantly the control traffic flow.

Among various planar lightwave circuits for multiplexing/demultiplexing in an optical communication system, etched diffraction gratings (EDGs) have shown great potential due to their compactness and high spectral finesse. Conventional numerical methods for grating simulation cannot be used to simulate an EDG demultiplexer of large size (in terms of the wavelength). In the present thesis, the polarization-dependent characteristics of an EDG demultiplexer are analyzed with a boundary element method (BEM) for both an echelle grating coated with a metal and a dielectric grating with total internal reflection (TIR) facets. For EDGs with metal-coated facets, we use a more effective method, namely, method of moments (MoM). Futhermore, a fast simulation method for EDGs with TIR facets is presented based on the Kirchhoff–Huygens principle and the Goos-Hänchen shift. This simple method has a good agreement with a BEM over a wide range of practical parameters of the device. Several novel designs are presented in order to improve the performances of EDGs. (1) By making some appropriate roughness on the surface of the shaded facets, the PDL of the demultiplexer can be effectively reduced over a large bandwith. (2) For EDGs based on Si nanowire structures, we compensate the polarization-dependent wavelength dispersion (PDλ) in the whole operational spectrum by introducing a polarization compensation area in its free propagation region. (3) An EDG demultiplexer with suppressed sidelobe is designed. The designed EDG demultiplexer can give a crosstalk as small as 50 dB in theory. (4) By chirping the diffraction order for each facet, we minimize the envelope intensity for the other adjacent diffraction orders to achieve a negligible return loss in a large spectral width. (5) A design for EDG demultiplexers is presented to obtain both large grating facets and a larger free spectral range (FSR) using the optimal chirped diffraction orders for different facets. The influences of the fabrication errors (e.g., rounded effect, surface roughness and point defect in the waveguide) on the performance (such as the insertion loss, the polarization dependent loss and the chromatic dispersion) of an EDG demultiplexer are also analyzed in detail. Silicon nanowire waveguides and related EDGs are studied. An EDG demultiplexer with 10 nm spacing is finally fabricated and characterized. / QC 20100910

Fault localization is the process of realizing the true source of a failure from a set of collected failure notifications. Isolating failure recovery within the network optical domain is necessary to resolve alarm storm problems. The introduction of the monitoring trail (m-trail) has been proven to deliver better performance by employing monitoring resources in a form of optical trails - a monitoring framework that generalizes all the previously reported counterparts. In this dissertation, the m-trail design is explored and a focus is given to the analysis on using m-trails with established lightpaths to achieve fault localization. This process saves network resources by reducing the number of the m-trails required for fault localization and therefore the number of wavelengths used in the network. A novel approach based on Geographic Midpoint Technique, an adapted version of the Chinese Postman’s Problem (CPP) solution and an adapted version of the Traveling Salesman’s Problem (TSP) solution algorithms is introduced. The desirable features of network architectures and the enabling of innovative technologies for delivering future millimeter-waveband (mm-WB) Radio-over-Fiber (RoF) systems for wireless services integrated in a Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) is proposed in this dissertation. For the conceptual illustration, a DWDM RoF system with channel spacing of 12.5 GHz is considered. The mm-WB Radio Frequency (RF) signal is obtained at each Optical Network Unit (ONU) by simultaneously using optical heterodyning photo detection between two optical carriers. The generated RF modulated signal has a frequency of 12.5 GHz. This RoF system is easy, cost-effective, resistant to laser phase noise and also reduces maintenance needs, in principle. A revision of related RoF network proposals and experiments is also included. A number of models for Passive Optical Networks (PON)/ RoF-PON that combine both innovative and existing ideas along with a number of solutions for m-trail design problem of these models are proposed. The comparison between these models uses the expected survivability function which proved that these models are liable to be implemented in the new and existing PON/ RoF-PON systems. This dissertation is followed by recommendation of possible directions for future research in this area.

Fault localization is the process of realizing the true source of a failure from a set of collected failure notifications. Isolating failure recovery within the network optical domain is necessary to resolve alarm storm problems. The introduction of the monitoring trail (m-trail) has been proven to deliver better performance by employing monitoring resources in a form of optical trails - a monitoring framework that generalizes all the previously reported counterparts. In this dissertation, the m-trail design is explored and a focus is given to the analysis on using m-trails with established lightpaths to achieve fault localization. This process saves network resources by reducing the number of the m-trails required for fault localization and therefore the number of wavelengths used in the network. A novel approach based on Geographic Midpoint Technique, an adapted version of the Chinese Postman’s Problem (CPP) solution and an adapted version of the Traveling Salesman’s Problem (TSP) solution algorithms is introduced. The desirable features of network architectures and the enabling of innovative technologies for delivering future millimeter-waveband (mm-WB) Radio-over-Fiber (RoF) systems for wireless services integrated in a Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) is proposed in this dissertation. For the conceptual illustration, a DWDM RoF system with channel spacing of 12.5 GHz is considered. The mm-WB Radio Frequency (RF) signal is obtained at each Optical Network Unit (ONU) by simultaneously using optical heterodyning photo detection between two optical carriers. The generated RF modulated signal has a frequency of 12.5 GHz. This RoF system is easy, cost-effective, resistant to laser phase noise and also reduces maintenance needs, in principle. A revision of related RoF network proposals and experiments is also included. A number of models for Passive Optical Networks (PON)/ RoF-PON that combine both innovative and existing ideas along with a number of solutions for m-trail design problem of these models are proposed. The comparison between these models uses the expected survivability function which proved that these models are liable to be implemented in the new and existing PON/ RoF-PON systems. This dissertation is followed by recommendation of possible directions for future research in this area.

Orientador: Edson Moschim / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Eletrica e de Computação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-06T19:40:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dante_ReinaldoGolmia_D.pdf: 5560458 bytes, checksum: a0ff22b15404f7232c1e6c38c9668fdc (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / Resumo: Neste trabalho, apresentam-se algumas contribuições para o estudo de redes ópticas inteligentes e transparentes, por exemplo: Redes Ópticas Comutáveis Automaticamente (ASON), no que tange aos protocolos de roteamento e atribuição de comprimentos de onda para o estabelecimento de conexões fim-a-fim em ambientes distribuídos. Os resultados deste trabalho foram obtidos através da simulação dos algoritmos de roteamento e atribuição de comprimentos de onda desenvolvidos em C++. Para que o estudo pudesse ser feito, foram adotadas algumas topologias de rede comerciais e hipotéticas para a comparação de desempenho entre os algoritmos de roteamento e atribuição de comprimentos de onda propostos e os clássicos de modo a identificar as diferenças de comportamento destes algoritmos nas redes ópticas em diversas situações, incluindo as condições de restrição de alcance dos canais ópticos e a continuidade do comprimento de onda no estabelecimento de uma conexão fim-a-fim. Os resultados mostraram que os algoritmos de roteamento e de atribuição de comprimentos de onda propostos são eficientes para o funcionamento destas redes, provendo desempenhos iguais ou superiores em relação aos demais algoritmos de roteamento e atribuição de comprimentos de onda tradicionais medidos em termos da probabilidade de bloqueio dos pedidos de conexão. Como conseqüência, estes algoritmos propostos demonstraram que são capazes de aperfeiçoar o QoS óptico nas redes ópticas inteligentes e transparentes / Abstract: In this work, we present contributions to the routing and wavelength assignment protocols in transparent and intelligent optical networks such as Automatically Switched Optical Networks (ASON) for end-to-end connection establishment on the distributed environments. The results of this work were obtained through simulation of the routing and wavelengh assignment algorithms which were developed in C++. For this study, some commercially and hypothetical network topologies were adopted to compare the performance of the proposed routing and wavelengh assignment algorithms with traditional ones in order to identify the differences of those algorithm performance. Studies were carried out in optical networks under several conditions such as the limit of optical transmission reach and wavelength-continuity constraints for end-to-end connection establishment. The results have shown that the proposed routing and wavelengh assignment algorithms are efficient for use in these networks, providing equal or higher performance than traditional routing and wavelengh assignment algorithms measured in terms of blocking probability of the connection requests. Consequently, the proposed algorithms showed that they are able to improve the optical QoS in transparent and intelligent optical networks / Doutorado / Telecomunicações e Telemática / Doutor em Engenharia Elétrica

Fault localization is the process of realizing the true source of a failure from a set of collected failure notifications. Isolating failure recovery within the network optical domain is necessary to resolve alarm storm problems. The introduction of the monitoring trail (m-trail) has been proven to deliver better performance by employing monitoring resources in a form of optical trails - a monitoring framework that generalizes all the previously reported counterparts. In this dissertation, the m-trail design is explored and a focus is given to the analysis on using m-trails with established lightpaths to achieve fault localization. This process saves network resources by reducing the number of the m-trails required for fault localization and therefore the number of wavelengths used in the network. A novel approach based on Geographic Midpoint Technique, an adapted version of the Chinese Postman’s Problem (CPP) solution and an adapted version of the Traveling Salesman’s Problem (TSP) solution algorithms is introduced. The desirable features of network architectures and the enabling of innovative technologies for delivering future millimeter-waveband (mm-WB) Radio-over-Fiber (RoF) systems for wireless services integrated in a Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) is proposed in this dissertation. For the conceptual illustration, a DWDM RoF system with channel spacing of 12.5 GHz is considered. The mm-WB Radio Frequency (RF) signal is obtained at each Optical Network Unit (ONU) by simultaneously using optical heterodyning photo detection between two optical carriers. The generated RF modulated signal has a frequency of 12.5 GHz. This RoF system is easy, cost-effective, resistant to laser phase noise and also reduces maintenance needs, in principle. A revision of related RoF network proposals and experiments is also included. A number of models for Passive Optical Networks (PON)/ RoF-PON that combine both innovative and existing ideas along with a number of solutions for m-trail design problem of these models are proposed. The comparison between these models uses the expected survivability function which proved that these models are liable to be implemented in the new and existing PON/ RoF-PON systems. This dissertation is followed by recommendation of possible directions for future research in this area.

This diploma work describes the software-defined network focusing on optical networks. Subsequently designed their own software network that is implemented in the environment OMNeT ++. This work deals with SDN (software-defined network), and impact on current communications environment in the world of telecom-munications services.