• DocumentCode
    1139801
  • Title

    Residual amplitude modulation suppression using deeply saturated erbium-doped fiber amplifiers

  • Author

    Eskildsen, L. ; Hansen, P.B. ; Alphonsus, J.E.J. ; Truxal, D.

  • Author_Institution
    AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    7
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    1995
  • Firstpage
    1516
  • Lastpage
    1518
  • Abstract
    Residual amplitude modulation due to wavelength dithering has been reduced significantly. A power penalty of 3.5 dB is reduced to only 0.2 dB by employing a deeply saturated erbium-doped fiber amplifier with a 25-kHz response frequency as a booster amplifier.
  • Keywords
    amplitude modulation; erbium; fibre lasers; optical modulation; optical saturation; optical transmitters; 25 kHz; booster amplifier; deeply saturated Er-doped fiber amplifiers; optical transmission systems; power penalty; residual amplitude modulation suppression; response frequency; wavelength dithering; Amplitude modulation; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Optical scattering; Power amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/68.477300
  • Filename
    477300