Title :
Noise Figure Characterization in Erbium Doped Fibers for Remotely Amplified PONs
Author :
Bonada, F. ; Lazaro, J.A. ; Prat, J.
Author_Institution :
Univ. Polytech. de Catalunya, Barcelona
Abstract :
In this paper we show the characterization of erbium-doped fibers, doing special emphasis on the study of the noise figure. The signal gain and OSNR has been measured for a set of EDF´s lengths and pump powers, for future optimization of remotely pumped amplification in PONs. The NF is obtained form the set of measurements and the importance of usually disregarded terms of more general noise figure expressions is analyzed.
Keywords :
erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical noise; optical pumping; EDFA; JkJk:Er; OSNR; erbium doped fibers; noise figure characterization; pump powers; remotely amplified PON; remotely pumped amplification; Erbium; Gain measurement; Laser excitation; Noise figure; Noise measurement; Optical attenuators; Optical noise; Optical pumping; Pump lasers; Signal to noise ratio; EDFA; amplifier; noise figure;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2007. ICTON '07. 9th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1249-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-1249-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2007.4296383
