Title :
A simple black box model for erbium-doped fiber amplifiers
Author :
Zhang, Xiupu ; Mitchell, Alan
Author_Institution :
MPB Commun. Inc., Point-Claire, Canada
Abstract :
We demonstrate a simple black box model to evaluate both saturated gain and corresponding noise figure. This approach is simple and very suitable for system modeling with satisfied accuracy.
Keywords :
erbium; laser noise; laser theory; optical fibre amplifiers; optical saturation; 1530 to 1565 nm; Er-doped fiber amplifiers; noise figure; saturated gain; simple black box model; small-signal gain; system modeling; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Modeling; Noise figure; Noise measurement; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fibers; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Wavelength measurement;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
