Title :
Time-resolved measurements of Q-factor in 560-km transmission link with transient control amplifiers
Author :
Turukhin, A.V. ; Al-Salameh, D. ; Gonzales, E. ; Krummrich, P.M. ; Lumish, S. ; Rapp, L.
Author_Institution :
Opt. Network Res., JDS Uniphase Corp., Ewing, NJ, USA
Abstract :
For the first time, we report time-resolved measurements of Q-factor in 560-km transmission link with transient control amplifiers. Using transient Q-factor, we evaluate effectiveness of the amplifiers´ transient control in terms of ultimate system performance.
Keywords :
Q-factor; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre networks; transient response; wavelength division multiplexing; 560 km; Q-factor; WDM network; optical transmission link; system performance; time-resolved measurements; transient control amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
