Comparison of temperature dependence in C-band and L-band EDFAs

Author

Flood, Felton A.

Author_Institution

Centerpoint Broadband Technol. Inc., San Jose, CA, USA

Volume

19

Issue

4

fYear

2001

fDate

4/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

527

Lastpage

535

Abstract

Temperature-dependent gain and noise characteristics of conventional band and long wavelength band erbium-doped fiber amplifiers are compared. Gain variations and noise figure penalties are shown for 980- and 1480-nm pump wavelength bands at different average inversion levels when the erbium coil temperature is cycled from -10°C to 80°C. Experimental results demonstrate that the L-band exhibits greater temperature-dependent gain and noise figure excursions compared to the C-band. Furthermore, it is shown that the impact of erbium coil temperature in the L-band is comparatively less dependent upon pump wavelength

Keywords

erbium; laser noise; laser transitions; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; -10 to 80 C; 1480 nm; 980 nm; C-band; EDFAs; L-band; average inversion levels; erbium coil temperature; erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; noise characteristics; noise figure excursions; noise figure penalties; pump wavelength; pump wavelength bands; temperature dependence; temperature-dependent gain; Bandwidth; Coils; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; L-band; Noise figure; Optical amplifiers; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Temperature dependence;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.920851

Filename

920851