Title :
Multi mode optical amplifiers with flexible wavelength and spatial channel count
Author :
Akhtari, S. ; Krummrich, P.M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of High Freq. Technol., Tech. Univ. Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
Abstract :
We investigate the capability of multi mode EDFAs to dynamically adapt to load scenarios with different wavelength and spatial channel count. Gain and noise figure values of channels could be equalized by pump power control.
Keywords :
erbium; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; power control; flexible wavelength; gain figure; multimode optical amplifier; noise figure; pump power control; spatial channel count; Density measurement; Gain; Multiplexing; Noise; Optical fibers; Optical pumping;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0457-0
