Title :
Online OTDR monitoring in novel remotely-pumped EDF/distributed Raman hybrid amplifier scheme with directional bypass configuration
Author :
Kawakami, Hiroto ; Masuda, Hiroji ; Miyamoto, Yutaka
Author_Institution :
NTT Netwok Innovation Lab., NTT Corp., Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract :
Online OTDR monitoring in a novel online remotely-pumped EDF/distributed Raman hybrid inline amplifier scheme is demonstrated. Using the proposed directional bypass configuration in this scheme realizes online monitoring without transmission impairment.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; optical time-domain reflectometry; wavelength division multiplexing; directional bypass configuration; distributed Raman hybrid amplifier; online OTDR monitoring; optical time domain reflectometry; remotely-pumped EDF;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
