Title :
A new method to determine the Er-fibre gain coefficient from dynamic gain tilt technique
Author :
di Muro, R. ; Wilson, S.J. ; Jolley, N.E. ; Farley, B.S. ; Robinson, A. ; Mun, J.
Author_Institution :
Nortel plc, Harlow, UK
Abstract :
A new method to determine the Er-fiber gain coefficient is presented using a dynamic gain tilt technique. Results demonstrate that this method is very simple, highly accurate, and especially useful for long-wavelength erbium-doped fiber amplifier.
Keywords :
erbium; gain measurement; laser variables measurement; optical fibre amplifiers; dynamic gain tilt measurement; gain coefficient; long wavelength erbium doped fiber amplifier; Absorption; Equations; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Gain measurement; Laboratories; Length measurement; Numerical models; Power measurement; Programmable control; Wavelength measurement;
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
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1999.766351
