Title :
Comparison of 1545 nm pump to 1480 nm pump for high power long-wavelength-band erbium-doped fibre amplifier
Author :
Choi, Bo-Hun ; Park, Hyo-Hoon ; Chu, Moo-Jung
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Melbourne, Vic., Australia
fDate :
6/26/2003 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A new pump wavelength of 1545 nm for the long-wavelength-band erbium-doped fibre amplifier shows higher power conversion efficiency than the conventional 1480 nm pump for high power wavelength division multiplexing input signals.
Keywords :
erbium; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; wavelength division multiplexing; 1480 nm; 1545 nm; L-band; erbium-doped fibre amplifier; input signals; long-wavelength-band amplifier; power conversion efficiency; pump wavelength; wavelength division multiplexing signals;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20030601
