DocumentCode
1980736
Title
Optimizing the input scrambling rate in a recirculating loop with EDFAs
Author
Hu, Jonathan ; Sun, Yu ; Marks, Brian S. ; Yan, Li ; Carter, Gary M. ; Menyuk, Curtis R.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., Maryland Baltimore County Univ., MD, USA
Volume
2
fYear
2004
fDate
16-21 May 2004
Abstract
We optimize the input polarization scrambling rate in a recirculating loop by analyzing amplitude modulation in a cascade of EDFAs. This scrambling rate minimizes penalties due to PDL and PDG.
Keywords
amplitude modulation; erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; optical modulation; EDFA; PDG; PDL; amplitude modulation; input scrambling rate optimization; polarization dependent gain; polarization dependent loss; recirculating loop;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-777-6
Type
conf
Filename
1361014
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