Title :
Measurement of noise figure in erbium doped fiber amplifiers
Author :
Vespasiano, Gaetano ; Di Cesare, P. ; Artiglia, Massimo ; Tambosso, Tiziana
Author_Institution :
Scuola Superiore Guglielmo Reiss Romoli, L´´Aquilla, Italy
Abstract :
The paper describes three methods-spectral interpolation, polarization nulling, and pulse recovery-for the measurement of the optical parameters needed to determine the noise figure of erbium doped fiber amplifiers. The three techniques are experimentally compared, allowing us to conclude that the polarization nulling method is the more accurate and reproducible
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; laser noise; laser variables measurement; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; EDFA; Er doped fiber amplifiers; SNR; noise evolution; noise figure measurement; polarization nulling; pulse recovery; spectral interpolation; Doped fiber amplifiers; Erbium; Interpolation; Noise figure; Noise measurement; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Electrotechnical Conference, 1996. MELECON '96., 8th Mediterranean
Conference_Location :
Bari
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3109-5
DOI :
10.1109/MELCON.1996.551237
