Ultra-long distance wavelength-division-multiplexed soliton transmission using inhomogeneously broadened fiber amplifiers

Author

Moores, John D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

Volume

10

Issue

4

fYear

1992

fDate

4/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

482

Lastpage

487

Abstract

The use of inhomogeneously broadened amplifiers for wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) optical soliton transmission is proposed. Dynamic gain equalization can be achieved through saturation, by adjustment of the time-averaged intensity of control lasers tuned between the WDM channels. The authors investigate numerically an example in which seven WDM channels at 2 Gb/s each are equalized using parameter values reasonable for germanosilicate core erbium-doped fibers

Keywords

erbium; fibre lasers; frequency division multiplexing; optical communication equipment; optical links; optical saturation; solitons; 2 Gbit/s; Er-doped fibres; GeO₂-SiO₂:Er; WDM channels; WDM soliton transmission; control lasers; dynamic gain equalisation; germanosilicate core; inhomogeneously broadened fiber amplifiers; optical saturation; optical soliton; saturation; time-averaged intensity; tuned lasers; wavelength-division-multiplexed; Filters; Frequency; Laser tuning; Narrowband; Optical control; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fibers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Solitons; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.134202

Filename

134202