DocumentCode
1290669
Title
A simple black box model for erbium-doped fiber amplifiers
Author
Zhang, Xiupu ; Mitchell, Alan
Author_Institution
MPB Commun. Inc., Point-Claire, Canada
Volume
12
Issue
1
fYear
2000
Firstpage
28
Lastpage
30
Abstract
We demonstrate a simple black box model to evaluate both saturated gain and corresponding noise figure. This approach is simple and very suitable for system modeling with satisfied accuracy.
Keywords
erbium; laser noise; laser theory; optical fibre amplifiers; optical saturation; 1530 to 1565 nm; Er-doped fiber amplifiers; noise figure; saturated gain; simple black box model; small-signal gain; system modeling; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Modeling; Noise figure; Noise measurement; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fibers; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Wavelength measurement;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/68.817458
Filename
817458
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