Title :
Gain equalization in optical fiber systems
Author :
Vengsarkar, Ashish M.
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Lucent Technol., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. We review grating-based devices for flattening the gain spectrum of erbium doped fiber amplifiers, highlight some of the recent system results obtained using long-period gratings and objectively compare the various technologies currently available for gain equalization
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; erbium; fibre lasers; gain control; Er doped fiber amplifiers; gain equalization; gain spectrum flattening; grating-based devices; long-period gratings; optical fiber systems; Doped fiber amplifiers; Erbium; Fiber gratings; Optical fibers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1996. LEOS 96., IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3160-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1996.571697
