DocumentCode
746265
Title
Measurement of polarisation-dependent gain in EDFAs against input degree of polarisation and gain compression
Author
Bruyere, F.
Author_Institution
Alcatel Alsthom Recherche, Marcoussis
Volume
31
Issue
5
fYear
1995
fDate
3/2/1995 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
401
Lastpage
403
Abstract
The dependence of polarisation dependent gain (PDG) in erbium doped fibre amplifiers on both the degree of polarisation (DOP) of the input signal and gain compression is measured for the first time. PDG is found to depend quadratically on the input DOP
Keywords
erbium; fibre lasers; laser variables measurement; optical fibre polarisation; EDFA; Er doped fibre amplifiers; degree of polarisation; gain compression; polarisation-dependent gain;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19950265
Filename
370004
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