Polarization analysis in double-pass erbium-doped fiber amplifiers with an embedded-DCF module

Author

Rosolem, J.B. ; Juriollo, A.A. ; Romero, Murilo A.

Author_Institution

CPqD-Telebras, Campinas, Brazil

Volume

16

Issue

8

fYear

2004

Firstpage

1828

Lastpage

1830

Abstract

Two configurations of double-pass erbium-doped fiber amplifiers with an embedded dispersion-compensating module are evaluated under changes of the input optical polarization. The first configuration employs the usual combination of a polarization-beam splitter and a Faraday rotator mirror (FRM), while the second is based on the use of two circulators. The amplifiers are characterized in terms of polarization-dependent gain, noise figure, and BER. It is demonstrated that the topology employing circulators show much improved performance compared to the configuration using the FRM.

Keywords

Faraday effect; erbium; error statistics; mirrors; optical beam splitters; optical circulators; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical noise; BER; Er; Faraday rotator mirror; circulators; double-pass erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; embedded dispersion-compensating module; embedded-DCF module; erbium-doped amplifiers; noise figure; optical polarization; polarization analysis; polarization beam splitter; polarization-dependent gain; Bit error rate; Circulators; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Mirrors; Noise figure; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical noise; Optical polarization; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2004.831235

Filename

1316937