• DocumentCode
    338464
  • Title

    High capacity EDFA with output power to support densely loaded channels

  • Author

    Freeman, P. ; Ratoff, D. ; Mehuys, D. ; Zanoni, R. ; LaLiberte, M.

  • Author_Institution
    SDL Inc., San Jose, CA, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    21-26 Feb. 1999
  • Firstpage
    16
  • Abstract
    High-channel capacity is demonstrated with a 36-nm gain-flattened erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) with over 28 dBm output power. Wavelength-multiplexed and Raman-based pump sources are used to achieve the high output maintaining telecom grade reliability.
  • Keywords
    channel capacity; erbium; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; EDFA; Raman pump source; WDM pump source; channel capacity; erbium doped fiber amplifier; gain flattening; output power; telecom grade reliability; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser feedback; Laser stability; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-582-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.1999.766313
  • Filename
    766313