Control of transient effects in distributed and lumped Raman amplifiers

Authors
Chen, CJ Ye, J Wong, WS Lu, YW Ho, MC Cao, Y Gassner, MJ Pease, JS Tsai, HS Lee, HK Cabot, S Sun, Y
Citation
Cj. Chen et al., Control of transient effects in distributed and lumped Raman amplifiers, ELECTR LETT, 37(21), 2001, pp. 1304-1305
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Eletrical & Eletronics Engineeing
Journal title
ELECTRONICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
00135194 → ACNP
Volume
37
Issue
21
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1304 - 1305
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(20011011)37:21<1304:COTEID>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
A robust control scheme for suppressing transients in both lumped and distr ibuted Raman amplifiers is demonstrated. The control method uses only outpu t power monitoring and holds gain fluctuations on surviving channels to < /-0.06 dB in an experiment.