Modeling of gain dynamics in erbium-doped fiber amplifiers

Author

Sun, Y. ; Luo, G. ; Zyskind, J.L. ; Saleh, A.A.M. ; Srivastava, A.K. ; Sulhoff, J.W.

Author_Institution

Bell Labs., Lucent Technol., Holmdel, NJ, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1996

fDate

18-21 Nov 1996

Firstpage

365

Abstract

In summary, we have obtained a model of the time dependent gain of an Er-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA). Only one ordinary differential equation need be solved, which is much simpler than previous time dependent models which require solution of coupled partial differential equations. This model agrees with experimental data and can be very useful in the study of power transients in amplified optical networks

Keywords

erbium; fibre lasers; laser theory; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; partial differential equations; transients; Er-doped fiber amplifier; amplified optical networks; coupled partial differential equations; erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; gain dynamics modelling; ordinary differential equation; power transients; time dependent gain; time dependent models; Absorption; Differential equations; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical network units; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Partial differential equations; Power generation; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1996. LEOS 96., IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3160-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1996.571930

Filename

571930