Numerical study of passive gain equalization with twin-core fiber coupler amplifiers for WDM systems

Author

Costa, Jorge R. ; Ramos, Pedro M. ; Paiva, Carlos R. ; Barbosa, Afonso M.

Author_Institution

Instituto de Telecomunicacoes, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal

Volume

37

Issue

12

fYear

2001

fDate

12/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1553

Lastpage

1561

Abstract

This paper presents a numerical study of twin-core fiber coupler amplifiers for equalization of wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) channels. The propagation of WDM pulses within a coupler and a chain of couplers is analyzed. The real spectrum gain of the device is considered along with dispersion and nonlinear effects. The influence of intermodal dispersion is studied. A model is developed based on a set of linearly coupled nonlinear Schrodinger equations

Keywords

Schrodinger equation; equalisers; erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre theory; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM pulses; WDM systems; dispersion effects; intermodal dispersion; linearly coupled nonlinear Schrodinger equations; nonlinear effects; numerical study; passive gain equalization; spectrum gain; twin-core fiber coupler amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing channels; Couplings; Dispersion; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Nonlinear equations; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; Pulse amplifiers; Switches; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.970902

Filename

970902