Optical amplifiers for optical networks

Author

Srivastava, A.K. ; Sun, Y.

Author_Institution

Lucent Technols., Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

11-13 Aug. 1997

Firstpage

74

Lastpage

75

Abstract

The erbium doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) is a key enabler of WDM transmission systems and wavelength routed optical networks. EDFAs are well suited to compensate the optical loss of network elements and transmission spans. Although the EDFA´s are almost ideal in their characteristics, they are not quite perfect. Two effects which are critical in WDM networks and transmission systems are spectral gain non-uniformity and channel cross saturation in EDFAs.

Keywords

erbium; fibre lasers; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; optical saturation; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; Er doped fiber amplifier; WDM transmission systems; channel cross saturation; network elements; optical amplifiers; optical loss; optical networks; spectral gain nonuniformity; transmission spans; transmission systems; wavelength routed optical networks; Doped fiber amplifiers; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber networks; Optical saturation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength routing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vertical-Cavity Lasers, Technologies for a Global Information Infrastructure, WDM Components Technology, Advanced Semiconductor Lasers and Applications, Gallium Nitride Materials, Processing, and Devi

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que., Canada

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3891-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOSST.1997.619183

Filename

619183