Title :
High-performance all-optical gain-controlled two-stage erbium-doped fiber amplifier for bi-directional transmission
Author :
Choi, Byron ; Chae, C. ; Tran, A.
Author_Institution :
Melbourne Univ., Vic., Australia
Abstract :
A novel all-optical gain-controlled two-stage EDFA for bi-directional transmission is proposed. The structure achieves high and constant gain independent of input signal power and low noise figure. The structure also removes Rayleigh back-scattered light.
Keywords :
Rayleigh scattering; backscatter; erbium; gain control; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; Rayleigh back-scattered light; all-optical gain-control; bi-directional transmission; noise figure; signal power; two-stage erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Absorption; Attenuators; Bidirectional control; Bragg gratings; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber gratings; Isolators; Noise figure; Noise measurement; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248323
