Title :
EDFA transient control based on envelope detection for optical burst switched networks
Author :
Tran, An V. ; Chae, Chang-Joon ; Tucker, Rodney S. ; Wen, Yang Jing
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Melbourne, Vic., Australia
Abstract :
We propose and demonstrate a simple technique to control rapid erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) transients in optical burst switched networks. We demonstrate a 6-dB transient reduction in a 10-Gb/s 80-km-long wavelength-division-multiplexing system with three EDFAs. We show through simulation that the technique can be used at the first EDFA in links of as many as ten EDFAs to control transients to within 2 dB.
Keywords :
erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre networks; packet switching; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 80 km; EDFA transient control; erbium-doped fiber amplifier; optical burst switched networks; wavelength division multiplexing; Circuits; Envelope detectors; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical control; Optical detectors; Optical fiber networks; Optical receivers; Optical saturation; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing; Burst switching; erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA); transient; wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM);
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2004.837736
