Title :
Optimum Er3+-doped fiber amplifier design for optical AM video signal distribution systems
Author :
Yoshinaga, Hisao ; Kikushima, Koji ; Yoneda, Etsugo
Author_Institution :
NTT Transmission Syst. Lab., Kanagawa, Japan
fDate :
4/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An investigation into the transmission characteristics of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers for use in optical AM frequency division multiplexing (FDM) video distribution systems is reported. The output signal power and noise characteristics of erbium-doped fibers were measured for different fiber lengths and different pump powers. The experimental results confirm that there exists an optimum amplifier design which gives the maximum distribution number when the pump power and the required video quality are given
Keywords :
amplitude modulation; erbium; fibre lasers; frequency division multiplexing; optical communication equipment; optical modulation; optical pumping; video signals; Er3+-doped fiber amplifier design; FDM; fiber lengths; maximum distribution number; noise characteristics; optical AM frequency division multiplexing; optical AM video signal distribution systems; optimum amplifier design; output signal power; pump powers; transmission characteristics; video distribution systems; video quality; Distributed amplifiers; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Frequency division multiplexing; Length measurement; Noise measurement; Optical noise; Optical pumping; Power measurement; Stimulated emission;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
