• DocumentCode
    1192032
  • Title

    Erbium-doped fibre amplifier circuit having a subsidiary erbium-doped fibre useful for bidirectional optical transmission systems

  • Author

    Seikai, S. ; Kanaoka, Y.

  • Author_Institution
    Tech. Res. Centre, Kansai Electr. Power Co. Inc., Hyogo
  • Volume
    30
  • Issue
    22
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    10/27/1994 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1877
  • Lastpage
    1878
  • Abstract
    An Er3+-doped fibre amplifier circuit is proposed for use at a terminal end of bidirectional optical transmission systems which use wavelengths in the 1.53 μm and l.55 μm bands. A subsidiary Er3+-doped fibre to compensate for the gain characteristic difference between these wavelengths allowed nonrepeated bidirectional transmission at 2.488 Gbit/s with a 49 dB power budget margin
  • Keywords
    erbium; fibre lasers; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; repeaters; 1.53 mum; 1.55 mum; 2.488 Gbit/s; Er3+-doped fibre amplifier; bidirectional optical transmission systems; gain characteristic difference; midspan repeater; nonrepeated transmission; power budget margin;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19941296
  • Filename
    330000