Title :
Closed cycle lasing of ASE noise in a WDM ring network
Author_Institution :
Sci. & Technol. Div., Corning Inc., NY, USA
Abstract :
Presents the lasing phenomenon of amplified spontaneous emission noise in a ring network. The ring network topology includes four add-drop multiplexers. Each span of fiber between the ADMs has an erbium doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) which compensates for the losses incurred in the fiber and different ADM components. The results demonstrate the evolution of noise buildup and the effect of variable optical attenuators in closed cycle lasing.
Keywords :
attenuators; laser noise; multiplexing equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre networks; optical losses; superradiance; wavelength division multiplexing; ADM components; ASE noise; EDFA; Er doped fiber amplifier; WDM ring network; add-drop multiplexers; amplified spontaneous emission noise; closed cycle lasing; losses; noise buildup; ring network topology; variable optical attenuators; Add-drop multiplexers; Doped fiber amplifiers; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Network topology; Optical fiber losses; Optical noise; Spontaneous emission; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chiba, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6738-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.971081
