Title :
Dynamic gain flattening of an erbium-doped fiber amplifier using a high-birefringence fiber loop mirror
Author :
Shenping Li ; Chiang, K.S. ; Gambling, W.A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., City Univ. of Hong Kong, Kowloon, China
Abstract :
A flexible method based on a high-birefringence fiber loop mirror is proposed for the gain flattening of an erbium-doped fiber amplifier. The gain profile was flattened to within /spl plusmn/0.9 dB over a 33 nm bandwidth.
Keywords :
birefringence; erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM; dynamic gain flattening; erbium-doped fiber amplifier; gain profile; high birefringence fiber loop mirror; optical fibre communication systems; Birefringence; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Interferometers; Mirrors; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical reflection;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2001. OFC 2001
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-655-9
