Gain and noise characterization of EDFAs for WDM applications

Author

Baney, Douglas M.

Author_Institution

Hewlett-Packard Co., Palo Alto, CA, USA

fYear

1997

Firstpage

103

Lastpage

104

Abstract

In summary, a number of methods have been developed, permitting accurate measurement of the gain and noise figure of WDM amplifiers. Gain and noise figure measurement methods for single-channel and WDM Er-doped fibre amplifiers have many similarities. The differences arise namely in the way the source spontaneous emission can be treated, the requirement of multiwavelength sources, and WDM specific gain measurement requirements

Keywords

erbium; fibre lasers; laser noise; noise measurement; optical communication equipment; spontaneous emission; wavelength division multiplexing; EDFAs; WDM Er-doped fibre amplifiers; WDM applications; WDM specific gain measurement; laser noise characterization; multiwavelength sources; noise figure; noise figure measurement methods; source spontaneous emission; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Gain measurement; Noise figure; Noise measurement; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical saturation; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication. OFC 97., Conference on

Conference_Location

Dallas, TX

Print_ISBN

1-55752-480-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1997.719730

Filename

719730

Link To Document

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