DocumentCode
1552517
Title
Modeling the saturation induced by broad-band pulses amplified in an erbium-doped fiber amplifier
Author
Horowitz, Moshe ; Menyuk, Curtis R. ; Keren, Shay
Volume
11
Issue
10
fYear
1999
Firstpage
1235
Lastpage
1237
Abstract
We theoretically study the saturation of a homogeneously broadened optical amplifier with a slow response time. This model approximates well the behavior of the erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA). When a broad-band pulse propagates inside such amplifier the saturation is determined by the overlap between the amplifier gain profile and the pulse spectrum rather than by the energy of the pulse. This effect may significantly increase the output power of an EDFA that amplifies broad-band pulses.
Keywords
erbium; laser theory; optical fibre amplifiers; optical saturation; EDFA; amplifier gain profile; broad-band pulses; erbium-doped fiber amplifier; homogeneously broadened optical amplifier; optical saturation modelling; output power; pulse spectrum; slow response time; Delay; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical amplifiers; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Optical saturation; Power generation; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/68.789702
Filename
789702
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