Title :
Optimising Erbium Doped L-Band Amplifiers with Bragg Gratings Using Tuneable Coherent Reflectometry
Author :
Silva, M. B Costa e ; von der Weid, J.P. ; Margulis, W.
Author_Institution :
Center for Telecommun. Studies, PUC-Rio, Rio de Janeiro
Abstract :
An efficient technique to increase gain reducing gain-tilt of Er-doped L-band amplifiers is presented. Flat gain was obtained with a Bragg-grating reflecting the C-band ASE before the EDF. Optimum length was obtained with tunable C-OFDR
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibres; optical tuning; reflectometers; superradiance; 1 to 2 GHz; Bragg gratings; C-band ASE; EDF; erbium doped L-band amplifiers; tunable C-OFDR; tunable coherent reflectometry;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN :
87-90974-63-8
