Title :
Gain equalization with optimized slanted Bragg grating on adapted fibre for multichannel long-haul submarine transmission
Author :
Riant, I. ; Gasca, L. ; Sansonetti, Pierre ; Bourret, G. ; Chesnoy, J.
Author_Institution :
Alcatel Corp. Res. Center, Marcoussis, France
Abstract :
Slanted Bragg grating and fiber were specially designed for erbium amplifier gain flattening. Results on 11 cascaded 50-km amplified spans show 0.1 dB gain excursion per amplifier on bandwidth as wide as 17.8 nm.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; submarine cables; erbium doped fibre amplifier; gain equalization; multichannel long-haul submarine transmission; optical fibre; slanted Bragg grating; Bragg gratings; Doped fiber amplifiers; Erbium; Fiber gratings; Filters; Optical fiber devices; Packaging; Temperature sensors; Underwater vehicles; Wavelength division multiplexing;
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.1999.768090
