Title :
Cascaded operation of optically gain-clamped erbium-doped fiber amplifiers with equalized gain
Author :
Takushima, Y. ; Kikuchi, K.
Author_Institution :
Res. Center for Adv. Sci. & Technol., Tokyo Univ., Japan
Abstract :
The performance of all-optically gain-clamped, gain-flattened erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) is investigated with the circulating loop experiment. The flat and stable gain is maintained regardless of the number of wavelength channels in the chain of 40 gain-clamped EDFAs.
Keywords :
erbium; laser stability; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; EDFAs; cascaded operation; circulating loop experiment; equalized gain; erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; flat stable gain; gain-clamped EDFAs; optically gain-clamped; wavelength channels; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Gain control; Operational amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
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.1999.768149
