Title :
Using gain-clamping to mitigate gain transients in fibre optical parametric amplifiers
Author :
Gryspolakis, Nikolaos ; Chen, Lawrence
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
We demonstrate using all-optical-gain-clamping to mitigate gain transients induced by channel add/drop in FOPAs. In a 4 channel system, we obtain error-free transmission for the surviving channel, compared to a BER=10-3 without gain-clamping.
Keywords :
laser beams; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical parametric amplifiers; FOPAs; all-optical-gain-clamping; channel add-drop system; error-free transmission; fibre optical parametric amplifiers; Bit error rate; Doped fiber amplifiers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical feedback; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fibers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing; (060.0060) Fiber optics and optical communications; (060.2320) Fiber optics amplifiers and oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
