Title :
Nonresonant spectral-hole burning in erbium-doped fiber amplifiers
Author :
Rudkevich, E. ; Baney, D.M. ; Stimple, J. ; Derickson, D. ; Wang, G.
Author_Institution :
Lightwave Div., Hewlett-Packard Co., Santa Rosa, CA, USA
fDate :
5/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We report here, for the first time, observations of offset and collaterally burned holes in erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs). This additional spectral-hole-burning structure in the 1.5-μm region will impact the application of EDFAs in the wavelength-division-multiplexed environment as well as their descriptive models.
Keywords :
erbium; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical hole burning; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.5 mum; EDFA; WDM; collaterally burned holes; descriptive models; erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; nonresonant spectral-hole burning; offset burned holes; spectral-hole-burning structure; wavelength-division-multiplexed environment; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Gain; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fibers; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Wavelength division multiplexing; Working environment noise;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
