A temperature-insensitive erbium-doped fiber amplifier for terrestrial wavelength-division-multiplexing systems

Author

Nakaji, Haruo ; Ishizawa, Yoji ; Ohmura, Masaki ; Shibata, Toshikazu ; Inoue, Akira ; Shigematsu, Masayuki

Author_Institution

Opt. Commun. R&D Labs., Sumitomo Electr. Ind. Ltd., Yokohama, Japan

Volume

15

Issue

11

fYear

2003

Firstpage

1522

Lastpage

1524

Abstract

We have evaluated a variation in the temperature dependence of an erbium-doped fiber gain spectrum by a pump wavelength in the 980-nm band for the first time. By optimizing both the pump wavelength in the 980-nm band and a temperature-sensitive gain flattening filter, the gain change of an erbium-doped fiber amplifier was successfully suppressed to 0.18 dB/sub pp/ in the temperature range between 0/spl deg/C and 65/spl deg/C and the wavelength range of 37.0 nm.

Keywords

erbium; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre filters; optical pumping; wavelength division multiplexing; 0 to 65 degC; 980 nm; gain spectrum; pump wavelength; temperature dependence; temperature-insensitive erbium-doped fiber amplifier; temperature-sensitive gain flattening filter; terrestrial wavelength-division-multiplexing systems; wavelength range; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Filters; Gain measurement; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fibers; Temperature control; Temperature dependence; Temperature distribution; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2003.818648

Filename

1237575