AUTOMATIC INTENSITY CONTROL OF AN OPTICAL-TRANSMISSION LINE USING ENHANCED GAIN SATURATION IN CASCADED OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS

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作者
YAMADA, E [1 ]
NAKAZAWA, M [1 ]
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[1] NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TEL PUBL CORP, IBARAKI ELECT COMMUN LABS, TOKAI, IBARAKI 31911, JAPAN
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10.1109/3.73553
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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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The output characteristics through an optical transmission system with multiple-optical amplifiers which operates in the gain-saturation regime have been studied in both a uniformly-pumped laser amplifier and an erbium-doped fiber amplifier with pump absorption. It has been shown that the output intensity becomes almost constant in the optical system if the input intensity changes within the gain-saturation regime of the amplifiers. The stabilization of the output intensity is greatly enhanced by cascading the saturated-optical amplifiers. There is a characteristic input intensity which causes no intensity changes at the output end of the transmission line. This technique is applicable to soliton transmission as well as ordinary pulse communications.
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