Gain-flattened erbium-doped fiber amplifier with a wide dynamic range in the 1542/spl sim/1560-nm band

Author

Hwang, S.T. ; Nilsson, Johan ; Yoon, Se Young ; Kim, Jae Min ; Kim, Sun Ja

Author_Institution

Commun. R&D Group, Samsung Electron. Co., Suwon, South Korea

fYear

1998

fDate

22-27 Feb. 1998

Firstpage

135

Lastpage

136

Abstract

Summary form only given. We have demonstrated a hybrid Er-doped fibre amplifier (EDFA) with a flat gain over a dynamic gain range of 9 dB, with a minimum of optical components and without any electronic gain control. The wide dynamic range is a result of an increase of the gain level in the phosphosilicate EDF following a decrease in the backward-propagating ASE when the input signal power increase, even though the overall EDFA gain decreases.

Keywords

erbium; fibre lasers; infrared sources; laser transitions; optical communication equipment; superradiance; 1542 to 1560 nm; EDFA; backward-propagating ASE; dynamic gain range; gain level; gain-flattened erbium-doped fiber amplifier; hybrid Er-doped fibre amplifier; input signal power increase; optical components; overall EDFA gain; phosphosilicate EDF; wide dynamic range; Bragg gratings; Dynamic range; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber gratings; High speed optical techniques; Power amplifiers; Research and development; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 1998. OFC '98., Technical Digest

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-521-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1998.657272

Filename

657272