Title :
Transient insensitive all-fibre gain-clamped EDFA based on highly-doped Er:Yb-fibre
Author :
Taccheo, S. ; Della Valle, G. ; Ennser, K. ; Sorbello, G. ; Jiang, S.
Author_Institution :
INFM Dipt. di Fisica Politecnico di Milano IFN-CNR, Italy
fDate :
5/11/2006 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A sub-metre-long optically-gain-clamped all-fibre amplifier based on a highly-doped Er-Yb-doped phosphate glass fibre of <10 cm length is demonstrated. Optical gain clamping by means of a very short laser cavity results in high insensitivity to channel power transients with only 4% extra pump power penalty. Exploiting all-fibre technology, such a device is very promising for WDM metro network applications.
Keywords :
erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical pumping; wavelength division multiplexing; ytterbium; highly-doped Er-Yb-doped phosphate glass fibre; highly-doped Er:Yb-fibre; optical gain clamping; sub-metre-long optically-gain-clamped all-fibre amplifier; transient insensitive all-fibre gain-clamped EDFA;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20060233
