DocumentCode
3577187
Title
SNR degradations by lumped and distributed reflections in wide bandwidth EDFA based systems
Author
Foursa, D.G. ; Cai, J.X. ; Nissov, M.
Author_Institution
Tyco Telecommun., Eatontown, NJ, USA
Volume
2
fYear
2004
Abstract
Impact of reflections on SNR in single-stage EDFA based long-haul communication systems is investigated numerically and experimentally. Necessity of EDFA´s input isolator and return losses of passive elements are discussed.
Keywords
erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; EDFA based system; SNR degradation; distributed reflection; long-haul communication system; lumped reflection; passive element; return loss; wide bandwidth;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Print_ISBN
1-55752-772-5
Type
conf
Filename
1362252
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