Title :
Fault identification for amplified WDM optical networks
Author :
Sun, Y. ; Srivastava, A.K. ; Sulhoff, J.W. ; Zyskind, J.L.
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Lucent Technol., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We present a new method of detecting changes in the number of channels present in an Er-doped fibre amplifier (EDFA) by monitoring the power of one signal channel and the power of the amplified spontaneous emission generated by the local EDFA.
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; monitoring; optical fibre networks; optical fibre testing; superradiance; wavelength division multiplexing; EDFA; Er-doped fibre amplifier; amplified WDM optical fibre network fault identification; amplified spontaneous emission; channel number change detection;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 1996. ECOC '96. 22nd European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Oslo, Norway
Print_ISBN :
82-423-0418-1
