• DocumentCode
    1424459
  • Title

    Very flat gain erbium-doped fiber amplifier using samarium-doped fiber

  • Author

    Srivastava, A.K. ; Zyskind, J.L. ; Evankow, J.D. ; Sulhoff, J.W. ; Sun, Y. ; Mills, M.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Lucent Technol., AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    9
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    1997
  • Firstpage
    1576
  • Lastpage
    1577
  • Abstract
    A two-stage erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) with extremely flat gain (/spl plusmn/0.1 dB) over 17-nm bandwidth is demonstrated. The gain flatness is achieved by incorporating samarium-doped fiber in the mid section of the amplifier.
  • Keywords
    erbium; fibre lasers; laser beams; laser noise; laser variables measurement; multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical saturation; samarium; wavelength division multiplexing; Er-doped fiber amplifier; Sm-doped fiber; amplifier; bandwidth; flat gain; gain flatness; two-stage fiber amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Gain measurement; Milling machines; Noise figure; Optical fiber communication; Power amplifiers; Samarium; Sun; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/68.643267
  • Filename
    643267