A black box model of EDFA´s operating in WDM systems

Author

Burgemeier, J. ; Cords, Andreas ; März, Reinhard ; Schäffer, Christian ; Stummer, Baldur

Author_Institution

Public Commun. Networks, Siemens AG, Munich, Germany

Volume

16

Issue

7

fYear

1998

fDate

7/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1271

Lastpage

1275

Abstract

A black box model is derived for an erbium-doped optical amplifier and is successfully applied to 1480 and 980 nm pumped devices operated under conditions which are typical for wavelength division multiplex (WDM) systems. It allows compound optical amplifiers with arbitrary passive optical circuitry (isolators, couplers, taps, and equalizing filters) to be modeled on the basis of “black box” characteristics. The gain model is based on an analytic solution for the effective two-level laser system, i.e., it is equivalent with the results of most numerical EDFA modeling tools. The model for amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) based on an equivalent ASE source in front of the amplifier can be applied over a wide range of operating points

Keywords

erbium; fibre lasers; infrared sources; laser theory; laser transitions; optical fibre networks; optical pumping; superradiance; wavelength division multiplexing; 1480 nm; 980 nm; EDFA; WDM systems; amplified spontaneous emission; analytic solution; arbitrary passive optical circuitry; black box model; compound optical amplifiers; couplers; effective two-level laser system; equalizing filters; equivalent ASE source; erbium-doped optical amplifier; gain model; isolators; numerical EDFA modeling tools; operating points; taps; wavelength division multiplex; Circuits; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Isolators; Optical amplifiers; Optical devices; Optical filters; Optical pumping; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.701405

Filename

701405