Title :
Optical Amplifiers for Telecommunications
Author :
Urquhart, Paul ; López, Oscar García ; Boyen, Guido ; Brückmann, André
Author_Institution :
Univ. Publica de Navarra, Pamplona
Abstract :
This paper reviews optical amplifier technologies for telecommunications networks. The operation and applications of erbium doped fibre amplifiers (EDFAs), fibre Raman amplifiers (FRAs), erbium doped waveguide amplifiers (EDWAs) and semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) are described. The factors that influence their gain, operating bandwidths, spectral profiles and noise are also discussed.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre networks; semiconductor optical amplifiers; erbium doped fibre amplifiers; erbium doped waveguide amplifiers; fibre Raman amplifiers; operating bandwidths; optical amplifiers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; spectral profiles; telecommunications networks; Doped fiber amplifiers; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Operational amplifiers; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical noise; Optical waveguides; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Erbium Doped Fibre Amplifiers; Erbium Doped Waveguide Amplifiers; Fibre Raman Amplifiers; Optical Amplifiers; Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Signal Processing, 2007. WISP 2007. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Alcala de Henares
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0830-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0830-6
DOI :
10.1109/WISP.2007.4447524
