Title :
Spectral dependence of polarization hole-burning
Author :
Davidson, C.R. ; Pilipetskii, A.N. ; Nissov, M. ; Foursa, D.G. ; Li, H. ; Bergano, Neal S.
Author_Institution :
Tyco Telecommun., Eatontown, NJ
Abstract :
We propose a simple experimental approach to measure and quantify the polarization hole-burning in an optical amplifier. The spectral properties of polarization hole-burning are similar to those of spectral hole-burning
Keywords :
erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre polarisation; optical hole burning; EDFA; optical amplifier; polarization hole-burning; spectral dependence; spectral hole-burning; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Harmonic analysis; Optical amplifiers; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Optical noise; Page description languages; Polarization; Probes; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215692
