Title :
Broadband, spectrally controlled Raman-active attenuator
Author :
Holtmannspoetter, Michael ; Pitschujew, Emil ; Schmauss, Bernhard
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microwave Eng. & High Freq. Technol., Univ. of Erlangen-Nurnberg, Erlangen, Germany
Abstract :
We present numerical investigations on a broadband Raman-active attenuator using a WDM-scheme of control signals. It is shown to hold a feasible control characteristic for mitigation of residual transients arising in spite of inline-amplifier control.
Keywords :
optical attenuators; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM; broadband Raman-active attenuator; control signals; inline-amplifier control; residual transients mitigation; wavelength division multiplexing; Attenuation; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical attenuators; Optical control; Optical scattering; Shape control; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5096-1
