Add-drop multiplexer with signal amplification ability using optical fiber grating couplers

Author

Yokota, Hirohisa ; Satoda, Yoshitaka ; Igarashi, Jun-ichi ; Ouchi, Satoru ; Sasaki, Yutaka

Author_Institution

Fac. of Eng., Ibaraki Univ., Japan

Volume

1

fYear

1999

Firstpage

477

Abstract

An add-drop multiplexer (ADM) with signal amplification ability, composed of two optical fiber grating couplers (FGCs) and two Er-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs), is proposed and demonstrated for the first time. The ADM can amplify signal lightwaves including dropped and added ones and can effectively remove the pumping lightwaves for EDFAs from the main stream of optical fiber routing.

Keywords

diffraction gratings; erbium; multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre couplers; ADM; EDFA; Er-doped fiber amplifiers; add-drop multiplexer; optical fiber grating couplers; optical fiber routing; pumping lightwaves; signal amplification; signal lightwaves; Add-drop multiplexers; Bragg gratings; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber gratings; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Routing; Systems engineering and theory; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 1999. APCC/OECC '99. Fifth Asia-Pacific Conference on ... and Fourth Optoelectronics and Communications Conference

Conference_Location

Beijing, China

Print_ISBN

7-5635-0402-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APCC.1999.824606

Filename

824606