Effect of amplifier spacing on end-to-end gain equalization

Author

Flood, Felton A. ; Tonguz, Ozan K.

Author_Institution

Photonics Res. Lab., State Univ. of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1995

fDate

30 Oct-2 Nov 1995

Firstpage

53

Abstract

In this paper a theory is presented to analyze the end-to-end gain equalization scheme for a chain of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs). We provide closed-form expressions for the maximum number of amplifiers that can be cascaded with and without end-to-end gain equalization. Given these expressions we are able to quantify the increase in number of amplifiers achieved by employing this gain equalization scheme. Results suggest a potential 2-4 fold increase in transmission distance beyond that allowed in the unequalized system

Keywords

equalisers; erbium; fibre lasers; optical communication equipment; optical fibre theory; amplifier spacing; closed-form expressions; end-to-end gain equalization; erbium-doped fiber amplifier chain; gain equalization scheme; transmission distance; unequalized system; Dynamic range; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical amplifiers; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Performance analysis; Performance gain; Power amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; System performance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1995. 8th Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, Volume 1., IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2450-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1995.484593

Filename

484593