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
fDate :
4/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
