• DocumentCode
    338496
  • Title

    Efficient and low-noise operation in a gain-flattened 1580 nm band EDFA

  • Author

    Seo Yeon Park ; Hyang Kyun Kim

  • Author_Institution
    Opt. Link Team, ETRI, Taejon, South Korea
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    21-26 Feb. 1999
  • Firstpage
    123
  • Abstract
    The power conversion efficiency of 35% and the noise figure of 5.1 dB are obtained in the 1580-nm band erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) composed of the first stage backward pumped at 980 nm and the second stage backward pumped at 1480 nm.
  • Keywords
    erbium; laser noise; laser transitions; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; 1480 nm; 1580 nm; 35 percent; 5.1 dB; 980 nm; EDFA; Er-doped fiber amplifier; backward pumped first stage; backward pumped second stage; fibre laser; gain-flattened operation; low-noise operation; noise figure; power conversion efficiency; two-stage configuration; Degradation; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Laser excitation; Noise measurement; Optical attenuators; Power generation; Probes; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength measurement;
  • 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.1999.766356
  • Filename
    766356