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
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