Title :
Gain and noise figure study of Er-doped multi-element fiber amplifier
Author :
Jain, Sonal ; May-Smith, T.C. ; Dhar, Anirban ; Webb, A.S. ; Belal, M. ; Sahu, J.K.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
We report a crosstalk-free Er-doped amplifier consisting of 3-fibers, each behaving as a single fiber in isolation. 32dB of gain and <;5dB of noise figure have been obtained at 1530 nm for input signal of -23dBm.
Keywords :
erbium; laser noise; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; EDFA; erbium-doped multielement fiber amplifier; gain; noise figure; wavelength 1530 nm;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), 2012 Asia
Conference_Location :
Guangzhou
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6274-0
