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Optimization to reduce EDFA gain fluctuations for optical packet buffering
Author(s) -
Thomas Djeisson Hoffmann,
von der Weid Jean Pierre
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.22741
Subject(s) - wavelength division multiplexing , network packet , optical amplifier , fiber amplifier , electronic engineering , microwave , node (physics) , amplifier , multiplexing , computer science , power (physics) , laser , wavelength , optoelectronics , computer network , engineering , materials science , telecommunications , physics , optics , cmos , structural engineering , quantum mechanics
Abstract In wavelength division multiplexing networks it is necessary to buffer incoming packets to resolve the contentions in any network node. We optimized the performance of an all‐optical ring‐laser gain‐clamped erbium‐doped fiber amplifier working in a delay line to store packets for a time as long as 2 ms with power penalty as small as 0.3 dB. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 49: 2523–2526, 2007; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com) DOI 10.1002/mop.22741