Title :
Partly gain-clamped EDFAs with high gain and high power
Author :
Xiao, Yanhong ; Liu, Xiaoming ; Cui, Jingcui ; Li, Qun ; Liu, Dan ; Peng, Jiangde
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
A partly gain-clamped configuration which can realize high output power and high gain simultaneously is proposed. The parameters that affect the critical output power are investigated. Flat gain and low noise figure are also possible with this configuration.
Keywords :
erbium; gain control; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical variables control; critical output power; flat gain; high gain; high output power; low noise figure; partly gain-clamped EDFA; Clamps; Dynamic range; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber gratings; Isolators; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
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
DOI :
10.1109/APCC.1999.820521