• DocumentCode
    2408548
  • Title

    Impact of pump and signal wavelength on inhomogeneous characteristics of L-band EDFAs

  • Author

    Flood, F.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Photonic Res. Center, Corning Inc., NY, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    7-10 March 2000
  • Firstpage
    117
  • Abstract
    Inhomogeneous gain saturation in C-band and L-band EDFAs is compared for the 980 nm and 1480 nm pump wavelength bands. Results demonstrate the manner in which pump wavelength and saturation signal wavelength affects the L-band inhomogeneous characteristic.
  • Keywords
    erbium; optical fiber amplifiers; optical hole burning; optical transmitters; wavelength division multiplexing; 1480 nm; 980 nm; C-band EDFA; L-band EDFA; WDM; backward ASE power; broadband gain depression; gain spectrum distortion; inhomogeneous characteristics; inhomogeneous gain saturation; pump wavelength; saturation signal wavelength; spectral hole burning; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Floods; Gain measurement; L-band; Optical control; Optical distortion; Optical pumping; Photonics; Stimulated emission; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-630-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2000.868258
  • Filename
    868258