Title :
Optical amplifiers: new challenges in lightwave
Author_Institution :
AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
The development of the erbium-doped fiber amplifier has created new challenges in designing amplified WDM lightwave systems. Opportunities to accrue maximum benefit from the new technology are available only after thoughtful analysis of impediments in both the optical amplifier and the lightwave systems that use it. Here we will discuss these challenges and the innovative methods to alleviate the problems they create
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; optical fibre communication; wavelength division multiplexing; amplified WDM lightwave systems; erbium-doped fiber amplifier; optical amplifiers; optical fibre communications links; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Noise figure; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical noise; Optical saturation; Polarization mode dispersion; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1993. LEOS '93 Conference Proceedings. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1263-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1993.379218
