Title :
Robust and scalable all-optical metro WDM ring network based on gain clamped waveguide amplifiers
Author :
Rogowski, T. ; Taccheo, S. ; Shmulovich, J. ; Ennser, K.
Author_Institution :
Scuola Superiore Sant´´Anna, Pisa, Italy
Abstract :
We demonstrate an all-optical WDM ring network immune to transients based on individual optically gain clamped waveguide amplifiers. We prove the scalability of the obtained results to N-spans.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre networks; optical waveguides; wavelength division multiplexing; N-spans; all-optical metro WDM ring network; gain clamped waveguide amplifiers; scalability;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
