DocumentCode
1876375
Title
Dynamic gain-fluctuations in gain-clamped EDFA in packet switched optical transmissions
Author
Thomas, D.H. ; von der Weld, J.P.
Author_Institution
Center for Telecommun., Pontificia Univ. Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Volume
4
fYear
2005
fDate
6-11 March 2005
Abstract
A ring laser gain-clamped erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) was used to study dynamic gain fluctuations induced by laser relaxation oscillations during optical packet collisions in an emulated packet switched WDM network.
Keywords
automatic gain control; erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; packet switching; relaxation oscillators; wavelength division multiplexing; Er; dynamic gain-fluctuations; gain clamping AGC scheme; gain-clamped EDFA; laser relaxation oscillations; optical packet collisions; packet switched WDM network; packet switched optical transmissions; ring laser erbium-doped fiber amplifier; sustained relaxation oscillations; traffic loading effects; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber lasers; Fluctuations; Optical amplifiers; Optical attenuators; Optical packet switching; Optical saturation; Ring lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN
1-55752-783-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2005.192966
Filename
1501504
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