Title :
Dual-stage erbium-doped fiber amplifier using a grating-assisted Michelson interferometer
Author :
Sheu, Lih-Gen ; Lin, Ying-Tso ; Lai, Yinchieh
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Van Nung Inst. of Technol., Chung-li, Taiwan
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate a new dual-stage EDFA incorporating a grating-assisted Michelson interferometer. The proposed amplifier has significant improvement in the small signal gain and the dynamic range over the amplifier using only an interstage isolator.
Keywords :
Michelson interferometers; diffraction gratings; erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical isolators; dual-stage EDFA; dual-stage erbium-doped fiber amplifier; dynamic range; grating-assisted Michelson interferometer; interstage isolator; signal gain; Bragg gratings; Dynamic range; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber gratings; Gain; Isolators; Laboratories; Noise figure; Optical fiber couplers; Power amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2003. The 5th Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7766-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2003.1274746
