Combined Impact of Raman and EDFA Transients on Long Haul Transmission System Performance

Conference: ECOC 2007 - 33rd European Conference and Exhibition of Optical Communication
09/16/2007 - 09/20/2007 at Berlin, Germany

Proceedings: ECOC 2007

Pages: 2Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Pachnicke, Stephan; Voges, Edgar (University of Dortmund, High Frequency Institute, Friedrich-Whler-Weg 4, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany)
Gottwald, Erich; Krummrich, Peter (Nokia Siemens Networks, D-81359 Munich, Germany)

Abstract:
The combined impact of SRS and EDFA transients stemming from channel load changes is investigated. It is shown that the maximal power excursion deviates from the linear product of isolated SRS and amplifier gain transients.