DocumentCode :
1331319
Title :
Coupled structure for wide-band EDFA with gain and noise figure improvements from C to L-band ASE injection
Author :
Min, Bumki ; Yoon, Hosung ; Lee, Won Jae ; Park, Namkyoo
Author_Institution :
Opt. Commun. Syst. Lab., Seoul Nat. Univ., South Korea
Volume :
12
Issue :
5
fYear :
2000
fDate :
5/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
480
Lastpage :
482
Abstract :
We propose a novel structure for C plus L-band silica based wide-band erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (W-EDFA´s), which use backward amplified spontaneous emission from the C-band EDFA as the pump-mediating injection source for the L-band amplifier unit. Experimental results show gain and noise figure improvements of over 2.6 dB and 0.6 dB, respectively, at -3.5 dBm of L-band input signal power. Spatially resolved numerical analysis confirms the pump-mediating effect of C-band backward ASE in the L-band EDFA for the gain and noise figure improvement, which also provides better understanding on the dynamics of C-band injection seed methods.
Keywords :
erbium; laser noise; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; superradiance; C-band EDFA; C-band injection seed method dynamics; L-band EDFA; L-band input signal power; WDM transmission systems; backward amplified spontaneous emission; coupled structure; gain improvement; noise figure improvement; pump-mediating effect; pump-mediating injection source; spatially resolved numerical analysis; wide-band EDFA; Broadband amplifiers; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; L-band; Noise figure; Numerical analysis; Signal resolution; Silicon compounds; Spatial resolution; Spontaneous emission; Wideband;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
1041-1135
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/68.841259
Filename :
841259
Link To Document :
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