Configuration comparison of erbium-doped fiber amplifier for hybrid digital/analog WDM systems

Author

Chen, Yung-Kuang ; Liang, Tsair-Chun ; Chang, Chia-Hsiung

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electro-Opt. Eng., Nat. Sun Yat-Sen Univ., Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

18-22 Oct. 1999

Firstpage

1339

Abstract

We theoretically investigate various configurations of erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) for simultaneously amplifying AM-VSB analog CATV signal and multiple optical digital baseband signals in hybrid wavelength division multiplexing (H-WDM) systems. A total of nine EDFA configurations is examined and compared. The investigation provides the best EDFA configuration selection to design both H-WDM power and in-line amplifiers.

Keywords

broadband networks; cable television; digital communication; erbium; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre subscriber loops; power amplifiers; subcarrier multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; AM-VSB analog CATV signal; EDFA; FTTC; H-WDM in-line amplifiers; H-WDM power amplifier; HFC networks; broadband access networks; configuration comparison; erbium-doped fiber amplifier; fiber links; fiber-to-the-curb; hybrid digital/analog WDM systems; hybrid fiber coaxial network; hybrid wavelength division multiplexing; optical digital baseband signals; single-staged forward-backward pumping; subcarrier multiplexing signals; Baseband; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Isolators; Laser excitation; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 1999. APCC/OECC '99. Fifth Asia-Pacific Conference on ... and Fourth Optoelectronics and Communications Conference

Conference_Location

Beijing, China

Print_ISBN

7-5635-0402-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APCC.1999.820513

Filename

820513