• DocumentCode
    1674809
  • Title

    Impact of Polarization Hole Burning in Lightly Loaded Ultra Long-Haul WDM Systems

  • Author

    Bakhshi, B. ; Rahman, L. ; Golovchenko, E.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Tyco Telecommun., Eatontown
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    In lightly loaded ultra-long WDM systems, which use idlers for power management, we show experimentally that a higher inline EDFA output power can significantly reduce the PHB-induced performance fluctuations, with enhanced system margin in result.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; optical hole burning; wavelength division multiplexing; EDFA output power; PHB-induced performance fluctuation; lightly loaded ultra long-haul WDM systems; polarization hole burning; power management; Energy management; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Optical polarization; Optical pumping; Optical transmitters; Power generation; Power system management; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-831-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2007.4348333
  • Filename
    4348333