DocumentCode
922052
Title
Semiconductor optical amplifiers in WDM star networks
Author
Sing, Y.N. ; Jain, V.K. ; Gupta, H.M.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Indian Inst. of Technol., New Delhi, India
Volume
143
Issue
2
fYear
1996
fDate
4/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
144
Lastpage
152
Abstract
The placement of optical amplifiers in WDM star fibre-optic networks has been considered. Both postamplifier and preamplifier configurations have been investigated. The number of users supported by the topology has been obtained when reflection noise and amplifier gain saturation (cross-saturation) are present. The effect of extinction ratio has also been considered. In general the analysis shows that the preamplifier arrangement is better than that of the postamplifier
Keywords
laser noise; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; optical saturation; reflectivity; semiconductor lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM star fibre-optic networks; WDM star networks; amplifier gain saturation; cross-saturation; extinction ratio; postamplifier configurations; preamplifier configurations; reflection noise; semiconductor optical amplifiers;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Optoelectronics, IEE Proceedings -
Publisher
iet
ISSN
1350-2433
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/ip-opt:19960085
Filename
499851
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