Both gain transient and dynamic gain control devices were also designed and fabricated as photonic integrated circuits (PICs). Silicon-based PICs were able to perform dynamic gain tilt compensation by thermo-optic effect. Helium doped SOI rib waveguides were used for power monitoring and is potentially used as monolithic gain tilt compensation device with arrayed waveguide grating (AWG). / Dynamic gain tilt induced by wavelength dependent gain of EDFA leads to power penalty in wavelength division multiplexed systems. Using optical filter with known spectral response, it is possible to detect dynamic gain tilt and a per-band compensation scheme using electronic variable optical attenuators. This was implemented for dynamic gain tilt compensation (DGTC). / Dynamic provisioning of bandwidth and re-configurable optical networks can potentially allow efficient and cost effective deliveries of services based on the actual bandwidth requirement. Optical add/drop multiplexers (OADM) and optical cross-connects (OXC) will be used for such networks but the dynamic provisioning of optical channels may introduce optical power transients because of the slow gain dynamics of erbium doped fiber amplifiers. In this dissertation, the potential problems on using Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifiers (EDFA) in future reconfigurable optical networks are studied and possible solutions are assessed. In particular, the problems of gain transient and dynamic gain tilt were studied experimentally and theoretically. / In saturated EDFA channel add/drop can produce average power fluctuations, in timescales in the microsecond range. The thesis describes how gain transients can be minimized in gain clamped EDFA by optimizing erbium concentrations of EDF. Both simulations and experiments demonstrate that highly doped EDF minimize the transient in gain clamped EDFA. For unclamped EDFA, all-optical feedforward constant output power compensation has been successfully demonstrated using electronic variable optical attenuator (EVOA). / Chan Po Shan. / "August 2006." / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-03, Section: B, page: 1813. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references. / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / School code: 1307.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_343927 |
| Date | January 2006 |
| Contributors | Chan, Po Shan., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Electronic Engineering. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, theses |
| Format | electronic resource, microform, microfiche, 1 online resource (133 p. : ill.) |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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