DocumentCode
1326454
Title
A cost-effective gain control using pump modulation for erbium-doped fiber amplifiers
Author
Na, Ki-Woon ; Choi, Joo-Taek ; Lee, Woo-Jin ; Park, Seung-Ho ; Yoon, Won-Woo ; Lee, Kyong-Kuk
Author_Institution
LGIC R&D Center, Opt. Commun. Lab., Kyongki-do, South Korea
Volume
12
Issue
4
fYear
2000
fDate
4/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
383
Lastpage
385
Abstract
A novel gain control scheme for erbium-doped fiber amplifiers is presented. By modulating the pump laser at a tone frequency and using its modulated component as a gain probing signal, one can easily realized the gain control. This scheme is quite cost-effective because it needs minimum optical components for gain control of optical amplifiers.
Keywords
erbium; laser beams; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical pumping; optical transmitters; Er-doped fiber amplifiers; cost-effective gain control; cost-effective scheme; gain control; gain control scheme; gain probing signal; minimum optical components; modulated component; optical amplifiers; pump laser; pump modulation; tone frequency; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Frequency; Gain control; Laser excitation; Optical control; Optical devices; Optical modulation; Pump lasers; Stimulated emission;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/68.839026
Filename
839026
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