Title :
Cross-gain saturation reduction in a double-stage overpumped EDFA with pump re-use
Author :
Carter, D.A. ; Korn, J.
Author_Institution :
Lincoln Lab., MIT, Lexington, MA, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. The operation of an overpumped single- and double-stage EDFA has been demonstrated to greatly reduce gain excursions without sacrificing noise figure.
Keywords :
erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; optical saturation; cross-gain saturation reduction; double-stage EDFA; double-stage overpumped EDFA; noise figure; pump re-use; single-stage EDFA; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical filters; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Probes; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-595-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.1999.834104
