Title :
Power divergence due to wavelength rerouting in long haul circulating loop experiments
Author :
Kilper, D.C. ; Smyth, F. ; Barry, L.P. ; Chandrasekhar, S.
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ
Abstract :
The power divergence and the resulting transmission penalty due to wavelength rerouting is measured in long-haul transmission for different power adjustment steps in an applied constant gain circulating loop experiment.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; telecommunication network routing; constant gain circulating loop; long haul circulating loop; power divergence; transmission penalty; wavelength rerouting; Optical amplifiers; Optical attenuators; Optical saturation; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Power measurement; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Switches; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brussels
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2227-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2228-9
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729515
