Remotely pumped optical distribution networks: a distributed amplifier model

Author

Mookherjea, Shayan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

Volume

19

Issue

7

fYear

2001

fDate

7/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

926

Lastpage

932

Abstract

Optical distribution networks using remotely pumped erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) with a single pump source at the head end can conveniently provide signal gain without adding to the power-consumption cost and management complexity of having multiple locally pumped EDFAs in densely populated metropolitan areas. We introduce an analytical model for understanding the basic physical foundations of remotely pumped network design and for analyzing the number of users that can be supported using such a remote-pumping scheme

Keywords

erbium; metropolitan area networks; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre networks; optical pumping; EDFAs; analytical model; basic physical foundations; densely populated metropolitan areas; distributed amplifier model; head end; management complexity; multiple locally pumped EDFAs; power-consumption cost; remote-pumping scheme; remotely pumped erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; remotely pumped network design; remotely pumped optical distribution networks; signal gain; single pump source; Analytical models; Costs; Distributed amplifiers; Energy management; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical fiber networks; Optical pumping; Propagation losses; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.933286

Filename

933286