A. fiber loss
B. OSNR level
C. post amplification
D. index of reflection
E. index of refraction
F. power post amplification budget

A. low optical power
B. high optical power
C. few optical channels
D. many optical channels
E. low chromatic dispersion
F. high chromatic dispersion
G. too much power differential in the optical channels

A. They are both regions of lowest loss.
B. They are both regions of low reflections.
C. They are both regions of low index of refraction.
D. They are both regions of low chromatic dispersion.
E. They are both regions of low Polarization Mode Dispersion (PMD).

A. lower cost
B. higher chirp
C. easier to manufacture
D. higher dispersion tolerance
E. higher optical signal-to-noise ratio

A. OSNR
B. dispersion
C. attenuation
D. power budget
E. amplifier spacing
F. four wave mixing

A. PIN photodiodes
B. zero-chirped lasers
C. Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers
D. dispersion compensating fiber
E. dispersion compensating Bragg grating

A.OSNR
B.dispersion
C.light skew
D.attenuation

A.none
B.one
C.two
D.three
E.four

A.15dB
B.17dB
C.21dB
D.26dB
E.27dB

A. All "Add" channels require uniform power levels.
B. The flexibility of wavelengths per OADM is limited.
C. It is easier to balance "Pass-Through" and "Add" channels.
D. There is lower pass-through loss using multi-channel OADMs.
E. You can extract a single channel without dropping other channels.