Title :
System test of dynamic gain equalizer in long haul transmission
Author :
Chen, Yihong ; Visone, Christopher ; Pavlik, Richard ; Al-Salameh, Daniel ; Tomlimson, Jack
Author_Institution :
JDS Uniphase Corp., Eatontown, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We tested a dynamic gain equalizer (DGE) in a 6 × 100 km transmission system setting with 7 amplifiers, and we evaluated the performance of the transmission link with the DGE at different locations.
Keywords :
equalisers; erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; 100 km; 600 km; DWDM transmission; Er-doped optical fibre amplifiers; dynamic gain equalizer; equalized gain; gain flattened; long haul transmission; signal band; system test; transmission link; Degradation; Equalizers; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Performance gain; Raman scattering; System testing; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
All-Optical Networking: Existing and Emerging Architecture and Applications/Dynamic Enablers of Next-Generation Optical Communications Systems/Fast Optical Processing in Optical Transmission/VCSEL and
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7378-2
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2002.1027551