DocumentCode
331263
Title
Large power and SNR swings in cascaded EDFAs carrying highly variable traffic
Author
Tancevski, Ljubisha ; Bononi, Alberto ; Rusch, Leslie A.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Laval Univ., Que., Canada
Volume
1
fYear
1998
fDate
20-24 Sep 1998
Firstpage
553
Abstract
We show that cascades of EDFAs carrying packetized traffic with high variability can display large output power and SNR swings due to the gain saturation effect. We have developed a simulation program capable of realistic analysis of the power and SNR transients in WDM optical networks employing cascades of EDFAs
Keywords
erbium; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical saturation; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; SNR swings; SNR transients; WDM optical networks; cascaded EDFAs; gain saturation effect; high variability; highly variable traffic; large output power; packetized traffic; simulation program; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fluctuations; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Power generation; Signal to noise ratio; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication, 1998. 24th European Conference on
Conference_Location
Madrid
Print_ISBN
84-89900-14-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ECOC.1998.732718
Filename
732718
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