Title :
Automatic optical soliton control using cascaded Er3+-doped fibre amplifiers
Author :
Suzuki, Kenji ; Nakazawa, Masataka
Author_Institution :
NTT Transmission Syst. Lab., Ibaraki, Japan
fDate :
7/5/1990 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Automatic amplitude control in an optical soliton transmission system is demonstrated for the first time using Er3+-doped fibre amplifiers and repeaters. After 250 km transmission, soliton pulses with consistent intensity and pulse width are obtained for a change in input signal level of 6 dB about the optimum value.
Keywords :
automatic gain control; erbium; optical communication; optical fibres; repeaters; solid lasers; solitons; 250 km; automatic amplitude control; automatic optical soliton control; cascaded doped fibre amplifiers; optical soliton transmission system; repeaters; soliton pulses;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19900669