• 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