Title :
Dynamic gain-fluctuations in gain-clamped EDFA in packet switched optical transmissions
Author :
Thomas, D.H. ; von der Weld, J.P.
Author_Institution :
Center for Telecommun., Pontificia Univ. Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Abstract :
A ring laser gain-clamped erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) was used to study dynamic gain fluctuations induced by laser relaxation oscillations during optical packet collisions in an emulated packet switched WDM network.
Keywords :
automatic gain control; erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; packet switching; relaxation oscillators; wavelength division multiplexing; Er; dynamic gain-fluctuations; gain clamping AGC scheme; gain-clamped EDFA; laser relaxation oscillations; optical packet collisions; packet switched WDM network; packet switched optical transmissions; ring laser erbium-doped fiber amplifier; sustained relaxation oscillations; traffic loading effects; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber lasers; Fluctuations; Optical amplifiers; Optical attenuators; Optical packet switching; Optical saturation; Ring lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.192966
