DocumentCode
886201
Title
Novel fibre amplifier configuration suitable for bidirectional system
Author
Cheng, Y.H. ; Kagi, N. ; Oyobe, A. ; Nakamura, Kentaro
Author_Institution
Opto-Technol. Lab., Furukawa Electr. Co. Ltd., Chiba, Japan
Volume
28
Issue
6
fYear
1992
fDate
3/12/1992 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
559
Lastpage
561
Abstract
A novel configuration of erbium-doped fibre amplifier, in which an optical circulator is used as the wavelength multiplexing device, is proposed and tested experimentally. The experimental results show that the proposed configuration is insensitive to reflections, and suitable for both bidirectional amplification and OTDR fault location.
Keywords
erbium; fibre lasers; optical communication equipment; optical testing; time-domain reflectometry; Er doped fibre amplifier; OTDR fault location; bidirectional amplification; bidirectional system; fibre amplifier configuration; optical circulator; wavelength multiplexing device;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19920353
Filename
126527
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