THE EFFECT OF TRANSIENT GAIN COMPRESSION IN A SATURATED EDFA ON OPTICAL-TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY TESTING

Authors
WAY WI LAI YW CHEN YK
Citation
Wi. Way et al., THE EFFECT OF TRANSIENT GAIN COMPRESSION IN A SATURATED EDFA ON OPTICAL-TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY TESTING, IEEE photonics technology letters, 6(10), 1994, pp. 1200-1202
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE photonics technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10411135
Volume
6
Issue
10
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1200 - 1202
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(1994)6:10<1200:TEOTGC>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
This paper examines optical-time-domain-reflectometry (OTDR) pulse dis tortion due to transient gain compression in a saturated erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) and the resultant effect on testing long-haul o ptical fiber systems.