Title :
Black box model for thulium doped fiber amplifiers
Author :
Rieznik, A. ; Wiederhecker, G. ; Fragnito, H. ; Carvalho, Marco ; Sundheimer, M. ; Gomes, A. ; Bastos-Filho, C. ; Martins-Filho, J.
Author_Institution :
Univ. Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
Abstract :
We present and experimentally validate a black box model for TDFAs. The gain at any wavelength is predicted from measurements of three spectral functions and the gain at two reference wavelengths.
Keywords :
numerical analysis; optical fibre amplifiers; thulium; wavelength division multiplexing; black box model; spectral function; thulium doped fiber amplifiers; two reference wavelength; Absorption; Atomic measurements; Doped fiber amplifiers; Equations; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Gain measurement; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber losses; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248457
