L-band EDFA with high saturation output power and low noise figure

Author

Liqun, Huang ; Guang, Yang ; Yazhen, Li ; Jun, Gao ; Zhihua, Li

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Inf., Northeastern Univ. at Qinhuangdao, Qinhuangdao, China

Volume

4

fYear

2010

fDate

25-27 June 2010

Abstract

In this paper, the steady-state behavior of L-band EDFA with an inline fiber grating laser is studied, and the physical process of signal amplification is simulated and analyzed in details. Good gain characteristics is achieved by incorporating a backward pump and optimizing the configuration of the Single-Stage L-EDFA. the power conversion efficiency is equal to 22%, the gain value is 25 dB, the noise figure is less than 4.6 dB, and the saturated output power is 21.5 dBm. In addition, the gain flatness is less than ± 0.8 dB, and the flatness of noise figure is less than ± 0.1 dB within 35 nm gain bandwidth.

Keywords

UHF amplifiers; diffraction gratings; erbium; optical communication; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; L-band EDFA; backward pump; erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; frequency 1 GHz to 2 GHz; gain 2 dB; high saturation output power; inline fiber grating laser; low noise figure; signal amplification; steady-state behavior; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; L-band; Laser noise; Laser theory; Noise figure; Power generation; Pump lasers; Steady-state; ASE; L-band EDFA; fiber grating; noise figure; power conversion efficiency;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Design and Applications (ICCDA), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Qinhuangdao

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7164-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-7164-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCDA.2010.5540708

Filename

5540708