Title :
Inherently small multichannel addition/removal response in cascaded EDFAs
Author :
Willems, F.W. ; van der Plaats, J.C. ; Karasek, M. ; Walker, Katherine L.
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Lucent Technol., Huizen, Netherlands
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Time-resolved data is presented to prove that overpumping an erbium-doped fiber strongly reduces the multiwavelength add/drop induced steady-state and transient gain excursions in cascaded EDFAs.
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; optical pumping; cascaded EDFAs; erbium-doped fiber amplifier; multichannel addition/removal response; multiwavelength add/drop; overpumping; steady-state gain excursion; transient gain excursion; Detectors; Distributed feedback devices; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Laser feedback; Laser noise; Optical amplifiers; Optical feedback; Optical noise; Optical pumping; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 1998. OFC '98., Technical Digest
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-521-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1998.657435
