Title :
L-band Er3+-doped fiber amplifier utilizing self-generated seed signal
Author :
Mahdi, M.A. ; Ahmad, H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Malaya Univ., Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Abstract :
We demonstrate a new architecture of a dual-stage L-band amplifier with gain improvements using a seeding signal technique. In this design, a seeding signal is self-generated utilizing a ring-laser in the first stage. The unused backward ASE has been efficiently utilized in both stages and has improved the L-band performances
Keywords :
laser feedback; laser noise; optical fibre amplifiers; optical transmitters; ring lasers; superradiance; wavelength division multiplexing; Er3+-doped fiber amplifier; WDM; backward ASE; dual-stage L-band amplifier; gain improvements; improved L-band performance; ring-laser feedback; self-generated seed signal; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Feedback; L-band; Noise figure; Noise measurement; Optical amplifiers; Probes; Signal generators; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 2000 Annual Meeting. LEOS 2000. 13th Annual Meeting. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Rio Grande
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5947-X
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2000.890786
