Title :
Remotely pumped optical distribution networks: a distributed amplifier model
Author :
Mookherjea, Shayan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
fDate :
7/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Optical distribution networks using remotely pumped erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) with a single pump source at the head end can conveniently provide signal gain without adding to the power-consumption cost and management complexity of having multiple locally pumped EDFAs in densely populated metropolitan areas. We introduce an analytical model for understanding the basic physical foundations of remotely pumped network design and for analyzing the number of users that can be supported using such a remote-pumping scheme
Keywords :
erbium; metropolitan area networks; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre networks; optical pumping; EDFAs; analytical model; basic physical foundations; densely populated metropolitan areas; distributed amplifier model; head end; management complexity; multiple locally pumped EDFAs; power-consumption cost; remote-pumping scheme; remotely pumped erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; remotely pumped network design; remotely pumped optical distribution networks; signal gain; single pump source; Analytical models; Costs; Distributed amplifiers; Energy management; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical fiber networks; Optical pumping; Propagation losses; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
