Title :
Gain-Clamp Light Auto Level Control (GCL-ALC) Technique for Gain-Controllable Burst-Mode PON Amplifying Repeater
Author :
Fukada, Youichi ; Nakanishi, Tetsuya ; Suzuki, Ken-Ichi ; Yoshimoto, Naoto ; Tsubokawa, Makoto
Author_Institution :
NTT Access Network Service Syst. Labs., NTT Corp., Chiba, Japan
Abstract :
A novel gain-clamping technique that controls the amplifier output power of the gain-clamp light by the ALC mechanism is proposed and experimentally confirmed. It yields signal-light gain controllability and stability in burst-mode PON signal amplification.
Keywords :
automatic gain control; laser stability; optical control; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre networks; optical transmitters; praseodymium; telecommunication control; GC-praseodymium doped fiber amplifier; GCL-ALC technique; JkJk:Pr; gain-clamp light auto level control; gain-controllable burst-mode PON signal amplification; optical repeater; signal-light gain controllability; signal-light gain stability; Level control; Optical amplifiers; Optical attenuators; Optical distortion; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical filters; Passive optical networks; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528537
