DocumentCode
398961
Title
High-performance all-optical gain-controlled two-stage erbium-doped fiber amplifier for bi-directional transmission
Author
Choi, Byron ; Chae, C. ; Tran, A.
Author_Institution
Melbourne Univ., Vic., Australia
fYear
2003
fDate
23-28 March 2003
Firstpage
437
Abstract
A novel all-optical gain-controlled two-stage EDFA for bi-directional transmission is proposed. The structure achieves high and constant gain independent of input signal power and low noise figure. The structure also removes Rayleigh back-scattered light.
Keywords
Rayleigh scattering; backscatter; erbium; gain control; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; Rayleigh back-scattered light; all-optical gain-control; bi-directional transmission; noise figure; signal power; two-stage erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Absorption; Attenuators; Bidirectional control; Bragg gratings; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber gratings; Isolators; Noise figure; Noise measurement; Wavelength division multiplexing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN
1-55752-746-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248323
Filename
1248323
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