Title :
L-band EDFA gain and gain flatness enhancement via co-propagating C-band seed technique
Author :
Yeniay, Aydin ; Gao, Renyuan
Author_Institution :
Photon-X Inc., Malvern, PA, USA
Abstract :
We present a novel L-band EDFA design and its optimization based on co-propagating C-band seed technique. This technique provides over 30 dB gain with a moderate NF (< 5.5 dB) within 32 nm bandwidth in a single stage amplifier. We also show that simulation results are consistent with the experimental measurements.
Keywords :
erbium; laser noise; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optimisation; wavelength division multiplexing; 30 dB; DWDM; L-band EDFA gain; bandwidth; co-propagating C-band seed technique; gain flatness enhancement; moderate NF; optimization; simulation; single stage amplifier; Bandwidth; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; L-band; Laser excitation; Laser noise; Noise figure; Optical amplifiers; Power amplifiers; Pump lasers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6705-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2001.988893
