Broadband, Spectrally Controlled Raman-active Attenuator

Conference: ECOC 2009 - 35th European Conference on Optical Communication
09/20/2009 - 09/24/2009 at Vienna, Austria

Proceedings: ECOC 2009

Pages: 2Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Holtmannspoetter, Michael; Pitschujew, Emil; Schmauss, Bernhard (Chair for Microwave Engineering and High Frequency Technology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Cauerstr. 9, 91058 Erlangen, Germany)
Holtmannspoetter, Michael; Schmauss, Bernhard (Erlangen Graduate School in Advanced Optical Technologies, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany)

Abstract:
We present numerical investigations on a broadband Raman-active attenuator using a WDM-scheme of control signals. It is shown to hold a feasible control characteristic for mitigation of residual transients arising in spite of inline-amplifier control.