DocumentCode
316363
Title
Fast automatic power control in optical networks
Author
Heismann, F. ; Anthony, P.J. ; Murphy, E.J. ; Murphy, T.O.
Author_Institution
Lucent Technol., AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Volume
3
fYear
1997
fDate
22-25 Sep 1997
Firstpage
303
Abstract
We demonstrate fast optical power regulation in a 4×4 LiNbO 3 cross-connect switch at speeds of up to 1 kHz and over a range of more than 15 dB by employing electrooptic Y-branch attenuators in combination with a fast feedback loop in a WDM optical fibre network routing scheme
Keywords
lithium compounds; 4×4 LiNbO3 cross-connect switch; LiNbO3; WDM optical fibre network routing scheme; electro optical switches; electrooptic Y-branch attenuators; fast automatic power control; fast feedback loop; fast optical power regulation; optical networks;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
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
ISSN
0537-9989
Print_ISBN
0-85296-697-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1049/cp:19971550
Filename
626765
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