Title :
Investigation of pump wavelength dependence of long-wavelength-band erbium-doped fiber amplifier using 1530 nm-band pump for WDM amplification
Author :
Bo-Hun Choi ; Hyo-Hoon Park ; Moojung Chu
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng., Inf. & Commun. Univ., Taejon, South Korea
Abstract :
The 1530 nm band was investigated as a new pump wavelength band of long-wavelength-band Er/sup 3+/-doped fiber amplifier and compared with the conventional 1480 nm band. The gain coefficients of 1530 nm band pumping were two times greater than those of 1480 nm pumping.
Keywords :
erbium; laser beams; laser noise; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical pumping; optical transmitters; wavelength division multiplexing; 1530 nm; 1560 nm; Er-doped fiber amplifier; L-band EDFA; WDM amplification; long-wavelength-band Er-doped fiber amplifier; noise figures; power conversion efficiency; pump wavelength; pump wavelength dependence; pumping efficiency gain coefficient; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Gain measurement; L-band; Light sources; Noise figure; Noise measurement; Optical fiber communication; Tunable circuits and devices; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2001. OFC 2001
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-655-9
