Title :
Wide-Dynamic-Range and Channel-Number-Free Thulium Doped Fibre Amplifiers Utilizing Variable Attenuation Slope Compensators (VASCs)
Author :
Kakui, M. ; Shitomi, T. ; Hirose, C. ; Hatayama, H. ; Shigematsu, M.
Author_Institution :
Yokohama R&D Labs., Sumitomo Electr. Ind., Ltd., Yokohama
Abstract :
The mid-stage VASC scheme has successfully maintained the gain-profile of the TDFA within 0.2 dB under the operational conditions where the channel number is from 4 to 32 and the dynamic range is 8 dBp-p
Keywords :
optical attenuators; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; telecommunication channels; thulium; channel number; thulium doped fibre amplifiers; variable attenuation slope compensators;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN :
87-90974-63-8
