Title :
Gain-shifted EDFA with all-optical automatic gain control
Author :
Autiglia, M. ; Pagano, Annachiara ; Sordo, Bruno
Author_Institution :
CSELT, Torino, Italy
Abstract :
A 1580 nm band Er-doped fibre amplifier (EDFA) with automatic gain control, gain flatness of less than 2 dB over 20 nm and a noise figure of about 5 dB is demonstrated. BER measurements at 10 Gbit/s with channel addition and removal have been realized and no penalty has been observed
Keywords :
automatic gain control; erbium; laser noise; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; 10 Gbit/s; 1580 nm; BER measurements; EDFA; Er-doped fibre amplifier; all-optical automatic gain control; automatic gain control; channel addition; channel removal; gain flatness; gain-shifted EDFA; no penalty; noise figure; Bit error rate; Couplers; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Filters; Gain control; Gain measurement; Noise figure; Optical amplifiers; Power amplifiers; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 1998. 24th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Madrid
Print_ISBN :
84-89900-14-0
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.1998.732546
