Closed cycle lasing of ASE noise in a WDM ring network

Author

Saleheen, H.I.

Author_Institution

Sci. & Technol. Div., Corning Inc., NY, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

15-19 July 2001

Abstract

Presents the lasing phenomenon of amplified spontaneous emission noise in a ring network. The ring network topology includes four add-drop multiplexers. Each span of fiber between the ADMs has an erbium doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) which compensates for the losses incurred in the fiber and different ADM components. The results demonstrate the evolution of noise buildup and the effect of variable optical attenuators in closed cycle lasing.

Keywords

attenuators; laser noise; multiplexing equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre networks; optical losses; superradiance; wavelength division multiplexing; ADM components; ASE noise; EDFA; Er doped fiber amplifier; WDM ring network; add-drop multiplexers; amplified spontaneous emission noise; closed cycle lasing; losses; noise buildup; ring network topology; variable optical attenuators; Add-drop multiplexers; Doped fiber amplifiers; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Network topology; Optical fiber losses; Optical noise; Spontaneous emission; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on

Conference_Location

Chiba, Japan

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6738-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.971081

Filename

971081