Advanced erbium-doped fiber amplifiers: channel equalizers

Michalis N. Zervas; Richard Ian Laming; David N. Payne

doi:10.1117/12.168593

15 February 1994 Advanced erbium-doped fiber amplifiers: channel equalizers

Michalis N. Zervas, Richard Ian Laming, David N. Payne

Proceedings Volume 2073, Fiber Laser Sources and Amplifiers V; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.168593
Event: Optical Tools for Manufacturing and Advanced Automation, 1993, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

A passive WDM channel equalizer using a twin-core EDFA is studied in detail. Gain saturation limits the range of input signal powers from approximately -20 dBm to approximately 0 dBm. Channel equalization rates as high as 0.35 dB/dB are predicted. When used in cascade, twin-core EDFAs are shown to provide channel power stabilization and self- healing against additional channel losses.

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Michalis N. Zervas, Richard Ian Laming, and David N. Payne "Advanced erbium-doped fiber amplifiers: channel equalizers", Proc. SPIE 2073, Fiber Laser Sources and Amplifiers V, (15 February 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.168593

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