Title :
Eliminating gain transience in RoF signals in dynamic WDM networks using a transient-suppressed-EDFA with additional gain-stabilization
Author :
Awaji, Yorhinari ; Kawanishi, Tetsuya ; Puttnam, Benjamin J. ; Inagaki, Keizo ; Wada, Naoya
Author_Institution :
New Generation Network Res. Center, Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol. (NICT), Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrated that supplementary gain-stabilization in combination with a transient-suppressed-EDFA is quite effective to improve RoF signal impaired by gain transience, introduced by EDFAs, and switched traffic accommodated in WDM networks with RoF channel.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; radio-over-fibre; telecommunication switching; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; dynamic WDM network; gain transience elimination; radio-over-fibre channel; supplementary gain-stabilization; switched traffic; transient-suppressed-EDFA; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fluctuations; Gain; Optical attenuators; Optical feedback; Optical saturation; RF signals;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics (MWP), 2010 IEEE Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7824-8
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.2010.5664213
