Title :
Bending influence on depressed-cladding EDFA gain spectrum
Author :
Foroni, Matteo ; Poli, Federica ; Ruggeri, Letizia ; Selleri, Stefano ; Cucinotta, Annamaria ; Vavassori, Paolo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Eng., Parma Univ., Italy
Abstract :
The influence of bending on gain spectrum in a depressed-cladding erbium-doped fiber amplifier has been studied. In particular, by changing the bending diameter, it is possible to translate the amplifier band from C- to S-band. As a consequence, a 22 dB gain has been obtained in S-band at 1504 nm for a bending diameter of 15 cm and an input signal power of -15 dBm, while a peak gain of 21.9 dB has been obtained in C-band at 1545 nm for a bending diameter of 100 cm and the same signal power.
Keywords :
bending; erbium; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre communication; 100 cm; 15 cm; 21.9 dB; 22 dB; C-band; S-band; bending influence; depressed-cladding EDFA gain spectrum; erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Gain; Loss measurement; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber losses; Optical fibers; Refractive index;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2005, Proceedings of 2005 7th International Conference
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9236-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2005.1506171
