Abstract
We analyze fiber transmission penalties due to erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) power transients that result from fiber nonlinearity and ASE noise in a chain of 10-20 EDFAs with as many as 32 wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) channels. We find due to worst case power transients: (i) system performance is severely degraded (up to few 10s of dB) both in single-mode fiber and dispersion-shifted fiber, (ii) the SNR can be reduced up to 8 dB in a 32-channel system, and (iii) a control channel to suppress power/SNR transients may impose an additional few dBs, which increases with the bit rate.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | OFC/IOOC 1999 - Optical Fiber Communication Conference and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
Pages | 307-309 |
Number of pages | 3 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 155752582X, 9781557525826 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1999 |
Event | 1999 Optical Fiber Communication Conference and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication, OFC/IOOC 1999 - San Diego, United States Duration: Feb 21 1999 → Feb 26 1999 |
Publication series
Name | OFC/IOOC 1999 - Optical Fiber Communication Conference and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication |
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Volume | 3 |
Other
Other | 1999 Optical Fiber Communication Conference and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication, OFC/IOOC 1999 |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | San Diego |
Period | 2/21/99 → 2/26/99 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 1999 IEEE.