Title :
Gain reshaping caused by spectral hole burning in long EDFA-based transmission links
Author :
Kovsh, Dmitriy ; Abbott, Stuart ; Golovchenko, Ekaterina ; Pilipetskii, Alexei
Author_Institution :
Tyco Telecommun., NJ, USA
Abstract :
We show that the effect of SHB on power evolution in long-haul EDFA-based links is largest in the first few spans, saturating with distance, and that its strength on end-to-end gain depends on number of amplifiers and not EDFA gain.
Keywords :
erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre networks; optical hole burning; end-to-end gain; gain reshaping; long-haul EDFA-based transmission links; spectral hole burning; transmission links; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber nonlinear optics; Filters; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical saturation; Optical transmitters; Power system modeling; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Shape; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215412
