• 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