Title :
Investigating the limits of optical packet transmission through cascaded transient-suppressed EDFAs without regeneration or active gain control
Author :
Puttnam, Benjamin J. ; Awaji, Yoshinari ; Wada, Naoya ; Zsigmond, Szilárd
Author_Institution :
Dept. Microtechnol. & Nanosci., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg, Sweden
Abstract :
Using a transmission loop, we show the maximum number of cascaded conventional- EDFAs is gain-transient limited for packet transmission and demonstrate error-free, noise limited packet transmission across 44 transient-suppressed EDFA´s without active gain-transient control or regeneration.
Keywords :
erbium; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; JkJk:Er; cascaded transient-suppressed EDFA; gain-transient control; optical packet transmission; packet transmission; regeneration; Gain control; Optical attenuators; Optical feedback; Optical fiber networks; Optical noise; Optical packet switching; Optical pumping; Optical receivers; Repeaters; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
