Title :
Wavelength assignment dependency of AGC EDFA gain offset under dynamic optical circuit switching
Author :
Ishii, Kazuki ; Kurumida, Junya ; Namiki, Shu
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Adv. Ind. Sci. & Technol. (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan
Abstract :
Dynamic gain offsets in WDM AGC EDFAs caused by optical circuit switching are experimentally evaluated. A simple wavelength assignment policy can reduce the gain offsets by up to 0.7 dB after five cascaded EDFAs.
Keywords :
automatic gain control; erbium; optical burst switching; optical fibre amplifiers; wavelength assignment; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM AGC EDFA; automatic gain control; dynamic gain offset; dynamic optical circuit switching; erbium doped fibre amplifier; wavelength assignment dependency; wavelength assignment policy; wavelength division multiplexing; Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; Gain; Optical fibers; Optical switches; Traffic control; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.W3E.4
