Title :
Optical amplifiers and fibers for multiwavelength systems
Author :
Newhouse, M.A. ; Button, L.J. ; Chowdhury, D.Q. ; Liu, Y. ; da Silva, V.L.
Author_Institution :
Sci. & Technol. Group, Corning Inc., NY, USA
fDate :
30 Oct-2 Nov 1995
Abstract :
In the past, increasing the data rate (TDM) has been the method of choice to reach higher fiber capacities, but now systems that use multiple wavelength channels (WDM) at both 2.4 and 10 Gb/s are being considered. This change has been driven by a number of factors the most critical of which has been the introduction of the Er-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA)
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 2.4 Gbit/s; Er-doped optical fiber amplifier; TDM; WDM; data rate; higher fiber capacities; multiple wavelength channels; multiwavelength systems; optical amplifiers; optical fibers; Degradation; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Gain; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1995. 8th Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, Volume 1., IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2450-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1995.484588
