Title :
Noise figure for erbium-doped optical fibre amplifiers
Author_Institution :
GTE Labs. Inc., Waltham, MA
fDate :
10/27/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A rate equation model is used to calculate the excess noise figure for erbium-doped fibre amplifiers. It is shown that erbium amplifiers can operate with high gain and can have noise figures only 0.2 dB above the quantum limit
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical fibres; Er; excess noise; gain; noise figures; optical fibre amplifiers; quantum limit; rate equation model;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
