DocumentCode
1005543
Title
Twincore erbium-doped fibre amplifier with passive spectral gain equalisation
Author
Laming, R.I. ; Minelly, John D ; Dong, Lixin ; Zervas, M.N.
Author_Institution
Southampton Univ., UK
Volume
29
Issue
6
fYear
1993
fDate
3/18/1993 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
509
Lastpage
510
Abstract
Automatic spectral gain equalisation is demonstrated using controlled spatial hole-burning in an erbium-doped twincore fibre. Gain equalisation rates up to 0.11 dB difference between input signal levels are demonstrated and should increase the useful bandwidth of cascaded amplifiers.
Keywords
automatic gain control; compensation; erbium; fibre lasers; optical hole burning; EDFA; bandwidth; cascaded amplifiers; controlled spatial hole-burning; gain equalisation rate; passive spectral gain equalisation; twincore Er doped fibre amplifier;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19930340
Filename
256253
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