Title :
Athermalization of wideband EDFA gain profile using a phase-shifted long-period fiber grating
Author :
Ishii, Y. ; Okude, S. ; Nishide, K. ; Wada, A. ; Shima, K.
Author_Institution :
Opt. & Electron. Lab., Fujikura Ltd, Chiba, Japan
Abstract :
An EDFA gain profile was athermalized passively using a phase-shifted long period fiber grating with low background loss of 0.9 dB. Gain variation was suppressed to 0.25 dBpp in the temperature range of 0-65°C over 40 nm of C-band with 2.1 dB gain.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; 0 to 65 C; 0.9 dB; 21.9 dB; 40 nm; C-band; gain variation suppression; low background loss; phase-shifted long-period fiber grating; temperature athermalization; temperature range; wideband EDFA gain profile; Electronic mail; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber gratings; Laboratories; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber filters; Optical filters; Propagation losses; Temperature dependence; Wideband;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6705-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2001.989442
