Title :
Dynamically gain flattened EDFA with bent dispersion shifted fibre
Author :
Liang, A.H. ; Toda, Hiroaki ; Maruta, Akihiro ; Hasegawa, Akio
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron, Inf. & Energy Eng., Osaka Univ.
fDate :
12/4/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A dynamically gain-flattened erbium doped fibre amplifier (EDFA) is demonstrated by inserting a periodically bent dispersion shifted fibre. The gain variation within the 10 nm range is <1 dB for a 14 dB gain compression. The bending method is simple, cheap, stable, and easily adjustable
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; optical fibre dispersion; waveguide discontinuities; EDFA; Er3+-doped fibre; bending method; bent dispersion shifted fibre; dynamically gain flattened laser; gain compression; gain variation;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19971456
