Dynamic power-equalized EDFA module based on strain tunable fiber Bragg gratings

Author

Liaw, Shien-Kuei ; Ho, Keang-Po ; Chi, Sien

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electro-Opt., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan

Volume

11

Issue

7

fYear

1999

fDate

7/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

797

Lastpage

799

Abstract

An adaptive power-equalized erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) module is proposed and experimentally demonstrated by using strain tunable fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs). In a demonstration for a five-channel wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) system, the EDFA module can effectively reduce the power variation from 11 dB to 0.3 dB. Measured power penalty for 2.5-Gb/s data is less than 0.5 and 1.1 dB for 5 and 17 dB of signal attenuation by tunable FBGs, respectively. The power-equalized EDFA module can find wide applications in WDM lightwave transmission systems.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; erbium; laser beams; laser tuning; optical fibre amplifiers; optical transmitters; wavelength division multiplexing; 2.5 Gbit/s; EDFA module; Er-doped fiber amplifier; WDM lightwave transmission systems; adaptive power-equalized Er-doped fiber amplifier module; dynamic power-equalized EDFA module; five-channel wavelength-division-multiplexed system; power penalty; power variation; power-equalized EDFA module; signal attenuation; strain tunable fiber Bragg gratings; tunable fiber Bragg gratings; Bragg gratings; Capacitive sensors; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber gratings; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber networks; Optical reflection; Power generation; Tunable circuits and devices; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.769711

Filename

769711