Title :
Accumulation of transient power excursions in WDM networks
Author :
Yongqian Liu ; Krol, M.F.
Author_Institution :
Div. of Sci. & Technol., Corning Inc., NY, USA
Abstract :
We study transient power excursions of an all-optically gain-controlled amplifier chain. We observe that the speed of residual power excursions increase much faster with the of amplifiers than uncontrolled networks.
Keywords :
automatic gain control; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre networks; optical hole burning; wavelength division multiplexing; optical amplifier chain; optical automatic gain control; optical fiber WDM network; spectral hole burning; transient power excursion; Intelligent networks; Optical amplifiers; Optical attenuators; Optical control; Optical fiber networks; Optical saturation; Power amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; WDM networks;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-582-X
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1999.766420
