Abstract

We propose a new technique to minimize gain-transient time of wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) signals in erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFA) in channel add/drop networks. We have dramatically reduced the gain-transient time to less than <TEX>$3{\mu}sec$</TEX> by applying, for the first time to our knowledge, a disturbance observer with a proportional/integral/differential (PID) controller to the control of EDFA gain. The <TEX>$3{\mu}sec$</TEX> gain-transient time is the fastest one ever reported and it is approximately less than 1.5% of <TEX>$200{\mu}sec$</TEX> gain-transient time of commercially available EDFAs for WDM networks. We have demonstrated the superiority of the new technique by performing the simulation with a numerical modeling software package such as the <TEX>$Optsim^{TM}$</TEX>.

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