Title :
Measurement of signal gain variations on distributed erbium doped fibres
Author :
Varming, P. ; Rottwitt, K. ; Lester, C. ; Povlsen, J.H. ; Newhouse, M.A. ; Antos, A.J.
Author_Institution :
Center for Broadband Telecommun., Tech. Univ. Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
fDate :
11/23/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Signal gain variations in distributed erbium doped fibres of length 49, 80 and 92 km are measured using an optical time domain reflectometer. With these measurements as reference, gain variations at large signal power levels are predicted. Numerical calculations show that distributed amplification leads to improved soliton stability when increasing the bit rate
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; optical fibre communication; optical solitons; optical time-domain reflectometry; 49 km; 80 km; 92 km; distributed amplification; erbium doped fibres; optical time domain reflectometry; signal gain; soliton stability;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19951419
