Title :
Simplification of the EDFA gain spectra utilizing gain slope compensating filter
Author :
Hyang Kyun Kim ; Park, Seo Yeon ; Kim, Hyang Kyun ; Lee, D.H.
Author_Institution :
Lightwave Commun. Sections, Electron. & Telecommun. Res. Inst., Daejeon, South Korea
Abstract :
We propose the use of gain slope compensating filter to simplify the EDFA gain spectra. The proposed gain slope compensating filter (GSCF) exhibits the loss which increases or decreases monotonically with wavelength which is easily implemented by using directional coupler techniques
Keywords :
compensation; optical communication equipment; optical directional couplers; optical fibre amplifiers; optical losses; optical waveguide filters; EDFA gain spectra; directional coupler technique; gain slope compensating filter; Couplings; Demultiplexing; Dielectric thin films; Directional couplers; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Filters; Gratings; Optical fiber couplers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1998. LEOS '98. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4947-4
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1998.739552
