• DocumentCode
    1050881
  • Title

    Performance monitoring of long chains of optical amplifiers

  • Author

    Hirst, I.J. ; Brannan, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Northern Telecom Europe Ltd., London, UK
  • Volume
    29
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1993
  • Firstpage
    255
  • Lastpage
    256
  • Abstract
    The monitoring and fault location of long chains of optical amplifiers such as will be deployed in undersea cable systems is an important design consideration. The Letter describes two methods which have been proposed and one which has been evaluated on the authors´ test bed simulator of 3100 km with OAs spaced at 45 km and operating at 5 Gbit/s.
  • Keywords
    erbium; fault location; fibre lasers; monitoring; optical communication equipment; optical links; optical time-domain reflectometry; submarine cables; 3100 km; 45 km; 5 Gbit/s; design consideration; fault location; long chains of optical amplifiers; optical cables; optical fibre testing; performance monitoring; test bed simulator; undersea cable systems;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19930175
  • Filename
    277155
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1050881