Title :
Burst-mode amplification of dynamic optical packets using fibre optical parametric amplifier in optical packet networks
Author :
Lu, G.-W. ; Marhic, Michel E. ; Miyazaki, Toshimasa
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol. (NICT), Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
The burst-mode amplification performance of a fibre optical parametric amplifier (FOPA) is experimentally investigated. Compared to an EDFA, no serious transient effect was observed for amplified optical packets even with a low traffic granularity, due to the fast response of the FOPA.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre networks; telecommunication traffic; EDFA; burst-mode amplification; dynamic optical packets; fibre optical parametric amplifier; low traffic granularity; optical packet networks;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2010.3512
