Title :
Simple gain-flattened erbium-doped fiber amplifier with a wide dynamic range
Author :
Nilsson, J. ; Loh, W.H. ; Hwang, S.T. ; de Sandro, J.P. ; Kim, S.J.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
In summary, we have demonstrated a hybrid Er-doped fibre amplifier (EDFA) with a flat gain over a dynamic range of 15 dB, with a minimum of optical components. This results from careful choices of the spectra and lengths of the constituent Er-doped fibres (EDF)s
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; laser noise; constituent Er-doped fibre lengths; dynamic range; flat gain; gain-flattened erbium-doped fiber amplifier; hybrid Er-doped fibre amplifier; optical components; spectra; wide dynamic range; Absorption; Dynamic range; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Filtering; Gain; Light sources; Optical distortion; Passive filters; Shape; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication. OFC 97., Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dallas, TX
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-480-7
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1997.719753
