Title :
Low Noise, Intelligent Cladding Pumped L-Band EDFA
Author :
Codemard, C. ; Yla-Jarkko, K. ; Singleton, J. ; Turner, P.W. ; Godfrey, L. ; Alam, S.-U. ; Nilsson, J. ; Sahu, J. ; Grudinin, A.B.
Author_Institution :
Southampton Photonics Inc.
Abstract :
A new low-cost design for L-band EDFA is presented. The cladding-pumped amplifier exhibits 30 dB gain over 1570-1607 nm gain band with noise figure below 6 dB and power excursions below 0.1 dB for 10 dB variations of input power
Keywords :
erbium; laser noise; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre cladding; optical pumping; 1 to 2 GHz; 1570 to 1607 nm; 30 dB; L-band EDFA; cladding-pumped amplifier; gain band; intelligent cladding pump; low noise; low-cost design; noise figure;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN :
87-90974-63-8
