Experimental demonstration of active equalization and ASE suppression of three 2.5-Gb/s WDM-network channels over 2500 km using AOTF as transmission filters

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作者
Huang, SH [1 ]
Zou, XY [1 ]
Willner, AE [1 ]
Bao, Z [1 ]
Smith, DA [1 ]
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[1] CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIV,DEPT ELECT ENGN & APPL PHYS,CLEVELAND,OH 44106
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10.1109/68.556083
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
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By using acoustooptic tunable filters with active feedback, we have experimentally demonstrated the dynamic channel-power equalization of the nonuniform EDFA gain as well as interchannel ASE suppression. The AOTF's have multiple independent passbands and act as dynamic wavelength-dependent loss elements. After 2500 km, the power differential is reduced from over 20 dB to similar to 1 dB for three 2.5-Gb/s WDM channels covering an similar to 8-nm wavelength range, and a 10(-9) BER can be achieved for all channels.
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