Experimental demonstration of active equalization and ASE suppression of three 2.5-Gbit/s WDM-network channels over 2500 km using AOTF as transmission filters

Author

Huang, Steven He ; Willner, Alan E. ; Bao, Zhen ; Smith, David A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

2-7 June 1996

Firstpage

3

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Summary form only given. In this paper, we demonstrate the active equalization of the nonunifom EDFA gain and ASE suppression by using acoustic-optic tunable filters as transmission filters with active feedback. After 2500 km, the power differential is reduced from over 20 dB down to 2 db for three 2.5-Gbit/s WDM channels covering an 8-nm wavelength range. Furthermore, the active feedback fully compensates for dynamic variations in individual channel powers.

Keywords

acousto-optical filters; equalisers; fibre lasers; laser feedback; optical fibre networks; superradiance; wavelength division multiplexing; 2.5 Gbit/s; 2500 km; AOTF; ASE suppression; Gbit/s WDM channel; Gbit/s WDM-network channels; acoustic-optic tunable filters; active equalization; active feedback; dynamic variations; individual channel powers; nm wavelength range; nonunifom EDFA gain; power differential; transmission filters; Bit error rate; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-443-2

Type

conf

Filename

864288