Gain and noise in ytterbium-sensitized erbium-doped fiber amplifiers: measurements and simulations

Author

Achtenhagen, Martin ; Beeson, Robert James ; Pan, Feng ; Nyman, Bruce ; Hardy, Amos

Author_Institution

JDS Uniphase Corp., Eatontown, NJ, USA

Volume

19

Issue

10

fYear

2001

fDate

10/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1521

Lastpage

1526

Abstract

The fiber gain and noise figure in erbium (Er)-ytterbium (Yb) codoped fiber amplifiers are experimentally studied and theoretically modeled. The different fiber parameters for the model are found in separate characterization measurements. The comparison between the measured and calculated data show excellent agreement. In addition, we demonstrate the design process for a specific cladding-pumped fiber to find the optimum fiber length

Keywords

erbium; laser noise; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre testing; optical fibre theory; optical pumping; optimisation; Yb-sensitized Er-doped fiber amplifiers; characterization measurements; cladding-pumped fiber; design process; erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; fiber gain; fiber parameters; noise figure; optimum fiber length; Doped fiber amplifiers; Equations; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Gain measurement; Noise figure; Noise measurement; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber networks; Ytterbium;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.956139

Filename

956139