Abstract
Wavelength based routing has been proposed as a promising approach towards transparent all-optical networking [1]. However, such networks require alteration of the active channel number for network reconfiguration. Changing input powers of saturated erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) have been identified as a potential source of surviving channel power transients in photonic networks [2]. The most widely accepted solution to suppress these transients is the implementation of amplifier gain control [3].
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