FAST POWER TRANSIENTS IN WDM OPTICAL NETWORKS WITH CASCADED EDFAS

Authors
SUN Y SRIVASTAVA AK ZYSKIND JL SULHOFF JW WOLF C TKACH RW
Citation
Y. Sun et al., FAST POWER TRANSIENTS IN WDM OPTICAL NETWORKS WITH CASCADED EDFAS, Electronics Letters, 33(4), 1997, pp. 313-314
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
33
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
313 - 314
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1997)33:4<313:FPTIWO>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Power transients arising from cross-saturation in erbium-doped fibre a mplifiers (EDFAs) are generally thought to be slower than 100 mu s due to the slow gain dynamics. This is a key advantage of EDFAs. The auth ors report on power transients of 1dB in <3 mu s in a chain of five ED FAs. These fast power variations result from the collective behaviour of the amplifier chain.