Power transients control in transparent WDM networks

Proceedings of 2005 7th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2005

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 309-314

  Ennser, K ^a   Rogowski, T ^b   Sacchi, G ^a   Ibsen, M ^c   Quargnolo, O ^d   Shmulovich, J ^e   Della Valle, G ^f   Taccheo, S ^f  

^a CNIT   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d Inplane Photonics   (United States)

^e Marconi Communications   (Italy)

^f INFM   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gain control; Metropolitan networks; Optical amplification; Transient response; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CAPACITY; GAIN CONTROL; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; TRANSIENTS;

CHANNEL RECONFIGURATION; METROPOLITAN NETWORKS; NETWORK FAILURE; OPTICAL AMPLIFICATION; OPTICAL GAIN CLAMPING (OGC); TRANSIENTS RESPONSE;

WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 33745711805     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICTON.2005.1505812     Document Type: Conference Paper

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