Title :
Multifunction C+L band EDFA/RFA hybrid fiber amplifiers
Author :
Chin-Cheng Fan ; Yi-Lin Yu ; Ren-Yang Liu ; Hai-Yin Hsu ; Shien-Kuei Liaw ; Chow-Shing Shin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
We proposed and demonstrated a hybrid fiber amplifier. It is composed of a C-band erbium-doped fiber amplifier EDFA) and an L-band Raman fiber amplifier (RFA) using double-pass dispersion compensators in a loop-back scheme. Dispersion slope mismatch is compensated precisely for all C+L band channels by writing fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) at appropriate locations. Gain variation among multiple channels can be reduced to ±0.2 dB. The pump efficiency is improved by recycling the residual pump power. Both the simulation results and experimental measurements are realized in this paper.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; microwave amplifiers; millimetre wave amplifiers; optical fibre amplifiers; C-band erbium-doped fiber amplifier EDFA; FBG; L-band Raman fiber amplifier; dispersion slope mismatch; double-pass dispersion compensator; fiber Bragg grating; gain variation; hybrid fiber amplifier; loop-back scheme; multifunction C+L band EDFA-RF amplifier; multiple channel; residual pump power recycling; Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; L-band; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber networks; Wavelength division multiplexing; Bit error rate; Dispersion compensation; Fiber Bragg grating; Hybrid fiber amplifier;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Infocomm Technology (ICAIT), 2013 6th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hsinchu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0464-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICAIT.2013.6621482
