Optical Amplifiers for Telecommunications

Author

Urquhart, Paul ; López, Oscar García ; Boyen, Guido ; Brückmann, André

Author_Institution

Univ. Publica de Navarra, Pamplona

fYear

2007

fDate

3-5 Oct. 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper reviews optical amplifier technologies for telecommunications networks. The operation and applications of erbium doped fibre amplifiers (EDFAs), fibre Raman amplifiers (FRAs), erbium doped waveguide amplifiers (EDWAs) and semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) are described. The factors that influence their gain, operating bandwidths, spectral profiles and noise are also discussed.

Keywords

optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre networks; semiconductor optical amplifiers; erbium doped fibre amplifiers; erbium doped waveguide amplifiers; fibre Raman amplifiers; operating bandwidths; optical amplifiers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; spectral profiles; telecommunications networks; Doped fiber amplifiers; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Operational amplifiers; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical noise; Optical waveguides; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Erbium Doped Fibre Amplifiers; Erbium Doped Waveguide Amplifiers; Fibre Raman Amplifiers; Optical Amplifiers; Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Signal Processing, 2007. WISP 2007. IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Alcala de Henares

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0830-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0830-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WISP.2007.4447524

Filename

4447524