Title :
0.2-dB gain excursion AGC-EDFA with a high speed VOA for 100-channel add/drop equivalent operation
Author :
Oikawa, Yoichi ; Sato, Norihiko ; Ota, Kazuya ; Petit, Stephane ; Shiga, Noriyasu
Author_Institution :
Trimatiz Ltd., Ichikawa, Japan
Abstract :
We have developed a digitally controlled AGC-EDFA by combining an FF-controlled pump-LD and an FF-controlled VOA. We realized a gain excursion of less than 0.2 dB at a 100-channel add/drop equivalent operation.
Keywords :
automatic gain control; erbium; optical attenuators; optical fibre amplifiers; AGC-EDFA; FF-controlled VOA; FF-controlled pump-LD; add/drop equivalent operation; gain 0.2 dB; gain excursion; high speed VOA; variable optical attenuator; Gain; High speed optical techniques; Optical attenuators; Optical detectors; Optical packet switching; Optical pumping; Transient analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
