Title :
Gain variations in optically gain clamped erbium doped fiber amplifiers
Author :
Krol, M.F. ; Liu, Y. ; Watkins, J.J. ; Dailey, M.J.
Author_Institution :
Div. of Sci. & Technol., Corning Inc., NY, USA
Abstract :
We present a study detailing the impact of spectral inhomogeneities on optically gain clamped EDFAs. Our results show that spectral hole burning at the laser wavelength dominates the behaviour of the amplifier gain spectrum on the 1 dB level
Keywords :
erbium; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical hole burning; optical pumping; 1 dB level; amplifier gain spectrum; laser wavelength; optically gain clamped EDFAs; optically gain clamped erbium doped fiber amplifier gain variations; spectral hole burning; spectral inhomogeneities; Doped fiber amplifiers; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Optical attenuators; Optical pumping; Pump lasers; Ring lasers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 1998. 24th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Madrid
Print_ISBN :
84-89900-14-0
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.1998.732427
