Title :
Rate equation model for gain-clamped erbium-doped fibre amplifiers
Author :
Na, K.W. ; Lee, W.J. ; Choi, J.T. ; Yoon, W.W. ; Lee, K.K.
Author_Institution :
Opt. Commun. Lab., LGIC R&D Center, Kyongki, South Korea
fDate :
4/15/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A rate equation model for gain-clamped erbium-doped fibre amplifiers (GC-EDFAs) is presented and verified experimentally. The characteristics of a GC-EDFA obtained using the proposed model are in good agreement with those of the experiment. The model can be useful in evaluating the performance of cascaded GC-EDFAs in multiwavelength networks
Keywords :
erbium; laser theory; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; Er-doped fibre amplifiers; cascaded EDFAs; gain-clamped EDFA; multiwavelength networks; performance evaluation; rate equation model;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19990447
