• DocumentCode
    633403
  • Title

    Power consumption analysis of PLC-based optical switches and variable attenuators for variable gain optical fiber amplifier

  • Author

    Ono, H. ; Watanabe, Toshio ; Suzuki, Kenji ; Mori, Alessandro ; Takahashi, Tatsuro ; Sakamoto, Takanori

  • Author_Institution
    NTT Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    June 30 2013-July 4 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We investigated the power consumption of optical SWs and VOAs integrated on a silica-based PLC that is employed as a variable gain optical fiber amplifier with a wide gain range and a small NF variation.
  • Keywords
    optical attenuators; optical fibre amplifiers; optical switches; power consumption; programmable controllers; PLC; optical switches; power consumption analysis; variable attenuators; variable gain optical fiber amplifier; Gain; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical switches; Power demand;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    OptoElectronics and Communications Conference held jointly with 2013 International Conference on Photonics in Switching (OECC/PS), 2013 18th
  • Conference_Location
    Kyoto
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6597538