DocumentCode
1523565
Title
Dynamically gain flattened EDFA with bent dispersion shifted fibre
Author
Liang, A.H. ; Toda, Hiroaki ; Maruta, Akihiro ; Hasegawa, Akio
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electron, Inf. & Energy Eng., Osaka Univ.
Volume
33
Issue
25
fYear
1997
fDate
12/4/1997 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
2126
Lastpage
2127
Abstract
A dynamically gain-flattened erbium doped fibre amplifier (EDFA) is demonstrated by inserting a periodically bent dispersion shifted fibre. The gain variation within the 10 nm range is <1 dB for a 14 dB gain compression. The bending method is simple, cheap, stable, and easily adjustable
Keywords
erbium; fibre lasers; optical fibre dispersion; waveguide discontinuities; EDFA; Er3+-doped fibre; bending method; bent dispersion shifted fibre; dynamically gain flattened laser; gain compression; gain variation;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19971456
Filename
645742
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