Recirculating loop for experimental modeling of long haul communications systems

Author

Mazzali, Claudio ; Fragnito, Hugo L.

Author_Institution

Inst. de Fisica Gleb Wataghin, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Volume

2

fYear

1997

Firstpage

447

Abstract

We demonstrate an optical fiber recirculating loop for the testing of optical communications systems and devices. The proposed configuration employs sections of dispersion shifted fibers, standard fiber, and a set of inline devices, such as tuning filters, optical amplifiers, polarization controllers, etc. The main results presented here are related to the observation of the effects due to the slow dynamics of optical amplifiers and also to the possibility to simulate extra lengths of fiber with an attenuator

Keywords

digital communication; error statistics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; telecommunication equipment testing; BER; bit error rate; dispersion shifted fibers; experimental modeling; inline devices; long haul communications systems; optical amplifiers; optical fiber recirculating loop; polarization controllers; slow dynamics; standard fiber sections; tuning filters; Optical attenuators; Optical control; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Optical filters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference, 1997. Linking to the Next Century. Proceedings., 1997 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Natal

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4165-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SBMOMO.1997.648792

Filename

648792