DocumentCode
1392010
Title
Gain saturation behavior in L-band EDFAs
Author
Flood, Felton A.
Author_Institution
Photonics Res. Center, Corning Inc., NY, USA
Volume
12
Issue
9
fYear
2000
Firstpage
1156
Lastpage
1158
Abstract
The gain saturation behavior of an L-band erbium-doped fiber amplifier is investigated. Experimental results show that amplifiers configured to operate in the L-band exhibit decidedly different saturation behavior compared to what is observed in C-band amplifiers. It is shown that the gain can vary by as much as 2.3 dB. Results suggest that the unique saturation behavior observed in the L-band is due, in part, to backward traveling amplified spontaneous emission power.
Keywords
erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical saturation; superradiance; L-band EDFAs; backward traveling amplified spontaneous emission power; erbium-doped fiber amplifier; gain saturation behavior; unique saturation behavior; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Floods; Gain measurement; L-band; Optical amplifiers; Power lasers; Probes; Spontaneous emission; Wavelength measurement;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/68.874220
Filename
874220
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