DocumentCode
1266059
Title
Impulse response measurement of balanced chains of EDFA´s in a recirculating loop
Author
Potí, L. ; Bononi, A. ; Oriente, N.
Author_Institution
Dipt. di Ingegneria dell´´Inf., Parma Univ., Italy
Volume
11
Issue
11
fYear
1999
Firstpage
1384
Lastpage
1386
Abstract
A simple method to measure the small-signal impulse response of balanced chains of both clamped and unclamped erbium-doped fiber amplifiers using a recirculating loop is presented, and the experimental results are checked against theory.
Keywords
erbium; laser variables measurement; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre testing; transient response; EDFA; balanced chains; impulse response measurement; recirculating loop; small-signal impulse response; unclamped erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; Clamps; Delay; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Feeds; Gain control; Gain measurement; Optical attenuators; Optical fibers; Steady-state; Switches;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/68.803053
Filename
803053
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