Title :
Simplified modeling of transients in gain-clamped erbium-doped fiber amplifiers
Author :
Chinn, Stephen R.
Author_Institution :
Lincoln Lab., MIT, Lexington, MA, USA
fDate :
6/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A simple technique for modeling transients in erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) has been applied to a gain-clamped amplifier. Integration of the variables along the length of the amplifier allows the formulation of the problem as a single simple, ordinary, time-dependent differential equation. We demonstrate examples for a typical conventional EDFA and one in which internal out-of-band oscillation is used to clamp the gain
Keywords :
differential equations; erbium; fibre lasers; laser theory; optical communication equipment; transients; gain-clamped erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; internal out-of-band oscillation; ordinary time-dependent differential equation; simplified transients modeling; Clamps; Differential amplifiers; Differential equations; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Frequency; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Transient analysis;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
