Title :
DGE resolution requirements for optically amplified lightwave systems
Author_Institution :
JDS Uniphase, Eatontown, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Fourier analysis of manufactured EDFAs shows gain flatness yield improvement when DGEs are used to correct accumulated ripple in cascades. DGE resolution requirements are compared between C and L-band EDFAs using thin-film GFFs, and with EDFAs using FBG "clean-up" filters.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; Fourier transform optics; equalisers; erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical films; optical filters; C-band EDFA; EDFA Fourier analysis; FBG clean-up filters; L-band EDFA; dynamic gain equalizing resolution requirements; gain flatness yield improvement; ripple accumulation; thin-film GFF; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber nonlinear optics; Gain; Manufacturing; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical films; Stimulated emission; Transistors; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1247631