• DocumentCode
    1087455
  • Title

    Improved average power analysis technique for erbium-doped fiber amplifiers

  • Author

    Hodgkinson, T.G.

  • Author_Institution
    BT Lab., Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, UK
  • Volume
    4
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    1992
  • Firstpage
    1273
  • Lastpage
    1275
  • Abstract
    The average power analysis technique is modified to include gain saturation induced by amplified spontaneous noise. It is then shown that this improved analysis predicts the essential performance effects under all operating conditions while maintaining a reasonable computation time. In addition to this, it is also shown to predict performance trends reported by other studies.<>
  • Keywords
    erbium; fibre lasers; laser theory; optical saturation; random noise; superradiance; ASE; Er doped fibre amplifiers; amplified spontaneous noise; average power analysis technique; computation time; gain saturation; operating conditions; performance effects; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical losses; Optical propagation; Performance analysis; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/68.166966
  • Filename
    166966