DocumentCode
1746580
Title
Analysis of cladding-pumped L-band erbium-doped fiber amplifier performance
Author
Soderlund, M. ; Tammela, S. ; Tervonen, A.
Author_Institution
VTT Electron., Finland
Volume
3
fYear
2001
fDate
17-22 March 2001
Abstract
Performance of L-band cladding-pumped erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFA) is numerically analyzed. It is shown, that cladding-pumping reduces build-up of short-wavelength gain and ASE power. Amplifier noise and efficiency performance can be optimized based on proper cladding area choice.
Keywords
erbium; laser noise; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre cladding; optical pumping; optimisation; superradiance; ASE power; L-band cladding-pumped EDFA; cladding area; cladding-pumped L-band erbium-doped fiber amplifier; short-wavelength gain; Absorption; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; High power amplifiers; L-band; Laser excitation; Optical amplifiers; Performance analysis; Power amplifiers; Pump lasers; Signal resolution;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2001. OFC 2001
Conference_Location
Anaheim, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-655-9
Type
conf
Filename
928470
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