OPTICAL POWER EQUALIZATION FOR MULTIWAVELENGTH FIBER-AMPLIFIER CASCADES USING PERIODIC INHOMOGENEOUS BROADENING

被引:6
作者
ESKILDSEN, L
GOLDSTEIN, E
DASILVA, V
ANDREJCO, M
SILBERBERG, Y
机构
[1] Bellcore, Red Bank
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10.1109/68.248423
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Inhomogeneously broadened fiber amplifiers inserted periodically in an amplifier cascade are shown to provide significant interchannel power equalization in wavelength-multiplexed systems. Interchannel power variations in a six-amplifier cascade are reduced from 16 dB in a conventional system to about 5 dB when power equalizers are inserted.
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页码:1188 / 1190
页数:3
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