State of the Art Fiber Optic Components and Photonic Devices for Optical Communication and High Speed Transmission

Author

Jha, A.R.

Author_Institution

Technical Director, Jha Technical Consulting Services, Cerritos, CA 90703 (USA). Email: arjha@gte.net

fYear

2001

fDate

24-26 Sept. 2001

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper reveals performance capabilities of state-of-the-art fiber optic (FO) components and photonic devices, which have potential applications in industrial, commercial and military systems and equipment. These devices are widely used in battlefield, space surveillance, medical diagnosis, crime fighting, and detection of terrorist activities. Performance capabilities of fiber optic components for possible applications in WDM and DWDM systems are summarized. Photonic devices and sensors for forward battlefield applications are identified with emphasis on performance and reliability. Performance parameters of Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs), Erbium-doped waveguide amplifiers (EDWAs), and optical hybrid amplifiers (OHAs) comprising of EDFAs and Raman amplifiers are discussed with emphasis on bandwidth, gain-flatness, data handling capability, channel capacity and cost-effectiveness

Keywords

Defense industry; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical waveguides; Optoelectronic and photonic sensors; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing; bandwidth; battlefield; channel spacing; gain-flatness; isolators; noise-figure; reduced-slope; slope-efficiency; switches; zero-dispersion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2001. 31st European

Conference_Location

London, England

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EUMA.2001.338956

Filename

4140024