• DocumentCode
    1282431
  • Title

    Evolution of SNR during power transients in chains of saturated and gain equalised EDFAs

  • Author

    Dimopoulos, C. ; Simeonidou, D. ; Siddiqui, A.S.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Syst. Eng., Essex Univ., Colchester, UK
  • Volume
    35
  • Issue
    20
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    9/30/1999 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1756
  • Lastpage
    1758
  • Abstract
    The SNR excursions associated with power transients in chains of EDFAs contribute to the signal transmission penalty during power fluctuations in WDM optical systems. Analytical formulas that associate the SNR excursion with the power excursion and the amplifier number at the beginning and the end of the transient period are derived for a chain of gain equalised EDFAs
  • Keywords
    equalisers; erbium; laser noise; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical saturation; transients; wavelength division multiplexing; SNR; SNR excursion; SNR excursions; WDM optical systems; amplifier number; gain equalised EDFA chain; gain equalised EDFAs; power excursion; power fluctuations; power transients; saturated EDFAs; signal transmission penalty; transient period;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19991159
  • Filename
    811167