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
fDate :
10/27/1994 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19941296