Subcarrier overmodulation with EDFA cascade transient effects

Ludovic Noirie (1) , Arnaud Bisson (1)

1 Alcatel Research & Innovation Center

We experimentally validate a simple model describing EDFA-induced crossmodulation in subcarrier overmodulation supervisory system for WDM Networks. We show that this technique is compatible with the number of amplifier spans according to current transmission systems requirements.

Mots clés: optical networks; optical amplifier; overmodulation

Domaines: Réseaux et télécommunications [cs.NI]

Ludovic Noirie, Arnaud Bisson. Subcarrier overmodulation with EDFA cascade transient effects. ECOC '99 conference & exhibition : 25th European Conference on Optical Communication : September, 26-30 1999, Sep 1999, Nice, France. pp.292-293. ⟨hal-00763996⟩