Title :
Optical gain equalisation with short period fiber gratings
Author :
Gautheron, O. ; Sansonetti, Pierre ; Bassier, G. ; Riant, I.
Author_Institution :
Alcatel Submarine Networks, La Ville du Boise, France
Abstract :
Gain equalisation with a short period fiber grating per amplifier is successfully demonstrated on a 8×2.5 Gbit/s WDM transmission including 80 repeaters. The possible influence of the coherent Rayleigh noise is investigated for various repeater designs
Keywords :
equalisers; 10 Gbit/s; 2.5 Gbit/s; Gbit/s WDM transmission; coherent Rayleigh noise; optical fibre amplifiers; optical gain equalisation; repeater design; repeaters; short period fiber gratings;
Conference_Titel :
Integrated Optics and Optical Fibre Communications, 11th International Conference on, and 23rd European Conference on Optical Communications (Conf. Publ. No.: 448)
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-697-0
DOI :
10.1049/cp:19971507
