Title :
Analog optical link operating at the gain peak wavelength of an erbium-doped fiber amplifier
Author :
Mikitchuk, K. ; Chizh, A. ; Malyshev, S.
Author_Institution :
Lab. of Semicond. Optoelectron., Stepanov Inst. of Phys., Minsk, Belarus
Abstract :
In the paper we present a complete analysis of the analog optical link operating at the gain peak wavelength (GPW) of 1.53 μm instead of the flat gain wavelength of 1.55 μm of an erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) for microwave photonic applications. It is theoretically and experimentally demonstrated that the usage of an EDFA at the GPW of 1.53 μm can significantly improve link gain in comparison to the optically-amplified link operating at the wavelength of 1.55 μm.
Keywords :
erbium; microwave photonics; optical fibre amplifiers; optical links; EDFA; GPW; analog optical link; erbium-doped fiber amplifier; flat gain wavelength; gain peak wavelength; microwave photonic; optically-amplified link; wavelength 1.53 mum; wavelength 1.55 mum; Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; Gain; Noise; Optical fiber communication; Optical noise; Optical saturation; Optical variables measurement; analog optical link; erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA); gain peak wavelength; microwave photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2014 44th European
Conference_Location :
Rome
DOI :
10.1109/EuMC.2014.6986525
