• DocumentCode
    452490
  • Title

    Optimising Erbium Doped L-Band Amplifiers with Bragg Gratings Using Tuneable Coherent Reflectometry

  • Author

    Silva, M. B Costa e ; von der Weid, J.P. ; Margulis, W.

  • Author_Institution
    Center for Telecommun. Studies, PUC-Rio, Rio de Janeiro
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    8-12 Sept. 2002
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    An efficient technique to increase gain reducing gain-tilt of Er-doped L-band amplifiers is presented. Flat gain was obtained with a Bragg-grating reflecting the C-band ASE before the EDF. Optimum length was obtained with tunable C-OFDR
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibres; optical tuning; reflectometers; superradiance; 1 to 2 GHz; Bragg gratings; C-band ASE; EDF; erbium doped L-band amplifiers; tunable C-OFDR; tunable coherent reflectometry;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Copenhagen
  • Print_ISBN
    87-90974-63-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1601305