DocumentCode
2472586
Title
Simplification of the EDFA gain spectra utilizing gain slope compensating filter
Author
Hyang Kyun Kim ; Park, Seo Yeon ; Kim, Hyang Kyun ; Lee, D.H.
Author_Institution
Lightwave Commun. Sections, Electron. & Telecommun. Res. Inst., Daejeon, South Korea
Volume
2
fYear
1998
fDate
3-4 Dec 1998
Firstpage
247
Abstract
We propose the use of gain slope compensating filter to simplify the EDFA gain spectra. The proposed gain slope compensating filter (GSCF) exhibits the loss which increases or decreases monotonically with wavelength which is easily implemented by using directional coupler techniques
Keywords
compensation; optical communication equipment; optical directional couplers; optical fibre amplifiers; optical losses; optical waveguide filters; EDFA gain spectra; directional coupler technique; gain slope compensating filter; Couplings; Demultiplexing; Dielectric thin films; Directional couplers; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Filters; Gratings; Optical fiber couplers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1998. LEOS '98. IEEE
Conference_Location
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN
0-7803-4947-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.1998.739552
Filename
739552
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