Title :
Suppression of transients in an EDFA chain using feed-forward pump control and a high-speed VOA
Author :
Ishii, Kiyo ; Kurumida, Junya ; Tanizawa, Ken ; Namiki, Shu ; Sato, Norihiko ; Ota, Kazuya ; Oikawa, Yoichi ; Shiga, Noriyasu
Author_Institution :
Trimatiz Ltd., Ichikawa, Japan
Abstract :
We report on an error-free operation of the survivor channel during instantaneous load and unload of a 7-ms burst signal with 16-dB dynamic range, in cascaded six fast feed-forward AGC-EDFAs assisted by a fast VOA.
Keywords :
erbium; feedforward; optical attenuators; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; transients; feed forward AGC-EDFA; feed forward pump control; high speed VOA; survivor channel; transient suppression; variable optical attenuator; Adaptive optics; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; High speed optical techniques; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pumping; Transient analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
