• 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