• DocumentCode
    1378532
  • Title

    Gain and noise performance of fibre amplifiers operating in new pump configurations

  • Author

    Lauridsen, V. ; Tadayoni, R. ; Bjarklev, A. ; Povlsen, J.H. ; Pedersen, B.

  • Author_Institution
    Tech. Univ., Lyngby, Denmark
  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1991
  • Firstpage
    327
  • Lastpage
    329
  • Abstract
    New configurations of erbium-doped fibre amplifiers have been investigated for the 0.98 mu m and 1.48 mu m pump wavelengths. A doubling of the gain coefficient has been predicted for reflective type amplifiers at the cost of a noise figure increase of 1.5 dB.
  • Keywords
    electron device noise; erbium; fibre lasers; optical communication equipment; optical pumping; 0.98 micron; 1.48 micron; Er 3+-doped fibre; fibre amplifiers; gain coefficient; noise figure; noise performance; pump configurations; reflective type amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19910207
  • Filename
    86738