Title :
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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/SBMOMO.1997.648792
