Title :
Impact of Burst Size and Inter-Arrival Time in All-Optical Gain Clamping Amplification for Optical Burst Switched Networks
Author :
Zannin, M. ; Ennser, K.
Author_Institution :
Centro Univ. Catolica de Santa Catarina, Joinville, Brazil
Abstract :
This paper considers an optical burst switching network of 16 WDM channels amplified by all-optical gain clamped erbium-doped fiber amplifier. Experimental and numerical investigations are carried out in order to determine the impact of the burst length and inter-arrival time in the performance of stabilized amplification. The results show that the design of synchronous burst networks should take into account the characteristics of the clamped amplifier, whereas for asynchronous transmission, the power ripples induced by the critical cases may be neglected.
Keywords :
amplification; erbium; optical burst switching; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre networks; switching networks; wavelength division multiplexing; Er; WDM channels; all-optical gain clamped erbium-doped fiber amplifier; all-optical gain clamping amplification; asynchronous transmission; burst length; burst size impact; clamped amplifier characteristics; interarrival time; optical burst switched networks; power ripples; stabilized amplification performance; synchronous burst network design; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber networks; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing; Burst inter-arrival time; burst length; burst traffic statistics; erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA); optical amplifier gain stabilization; optical burst switching; optical gain clamping;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2012.2235818
