Title :
Comparative study of EDFA/SOA hybrid amplifier for application in broadband communication
Author :
Tiwari, Usha ; Thyagarajan, K. ; Shenoy, M.R.
Author_Institution :
Central Sci. Instrum. Organ., Chandigarh, India
Abstract :
Experimental study in terms of gain, noise figure, and polarization dependent gain (PDG) of an EDFA/SOA hybrid amplifier is presented. It is shown that the PDG characteristic of the hybrid is better, compared to that of SOA alone.
Keywords :
broadband networks; erbium; optical fibre networks; polarisation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; EDFA/SOA hybrid amplifier; PDG characteristic; broadband communication; broadband erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; noise figure; polarization dependent gain;
Conference_Titel :
Fiber Optics and Photonics (PHOTONICS), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chennai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4718-1
