Amplification of spontaneous emission in erbium-doped single-mode fibers

Author

Desurvire, Emmanuel ; Simpson, Jay R.

Author_Institution

AT&T Bell Lab., Holmdel, NJ, USA

Volume

7

Issue

5

fYear

1989

fDate

5/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

835

Lastpage

845

Abstract

Amplification of spontaneous emission (ASE) in erbium-doped single-mode fiber amplifiers operating at lambda =1.53 mu m is studied theoretically and experimentally. The ASE noise spectra obtained from the theory are found to be in excellent quantitative agreement with the experimental data. The observed changes in ASE spectral shapes under different population inversion conditions are also explained. The model may be used to evaluate the performance of erbium-doped fiber lasers as well as to assess the noise characteristics of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers as applied to wavelength-division multiplexing optical communications.<>

Keywords

erbium; fibre optics; population inversion; solid lasers; superradiance; 1.53 micron; amplified spontaneous emission; erbium-doped fiber lasers; noise characteristics; population inversion conditions; single-mode fibers; spectral shapes; wavelength-division multiplexing optical communications; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser modes; Laser noise; Noise shaping; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber theory; Spectral shape; Spontaneous emission;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.19124

Filename

19124