Title :
Less than 0.5-dB gain excursion AGC-EDFA with a high speed FB/FF-controlled VOA for a wide operation range
Author :
Shiga, Nobuo ; Sato, Nobuyoshi ; Ota, Kaoru ; Petit, Stephane ; Oikawa, Yoichi
Author_Institution :
Trimatiz Ltd., Ichikawa, Japan
Abstract :
We have developed a digitally controlled AGC-EDFA by combining an FF-controlled pump-LD and a high-speed FB/FF-controlled VOA. We realized a gain excursion of less than 0.5 dB for a wide operation range.
Keywords :
automatic gain control; optical attenuators; optical fibre amplifiers; packet switching; FF controlled pump LD; digitally controlled AGC EDFA; gain 0.5 dB; gain excursion; high speed FB/FF controlled VOA; wide operation range; Adaptive optics; Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; Gain; High-speed optical techniques; Optical packet switching; Optical pumping; Transient analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0457-0
