Efficient multiwavelength dynamic model for erbium-doped fiber amplifier

Author

Wu, Alfred W T ; Lowery, Arthur J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Melbourne Univ., Parkville, Vic., Australia

Volume

34

Issue

8

fYear

1998

fDate

8/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1325

Lastpage

1331

Abstract

An efficient full spectrum (1480-1600 nm) large-signal transient dynamic model of an erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) is developed. A technique to speed up the simulation by a factor of 1000 using artificial delay lines based on the transmission-line model (TLM) is presented. Simulations and experimental results show the delay line method is not detrimental to the accuracy of the model. The efficiency of this model means it is ideal for simulating the dynamics of large wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) networks if included in a network simulator

Keywords

erbium; fibre lasers; laser theory; laser transitions; optical delay lines; optical fibre networks; transmission line theory; wavelength division multiplexing; 1480 to 1600 nm; EDFA; WDM networks; accuracy; artificial delay lines; efficient full spectrum large-signal transient dynamic model; erbium-doped fiber amplifier; large wavelength division multiplexed networks; multiwavelength dynamic model; simulation; transmission-line model; Bandwidth; Computational modeling; Delay lines; Equations; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Numerical models; Photonics; Transmission lines; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.704315

Filename

704315