A Novel Gain-Clamped Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier for Wavelength Division Multiplexed Systems

Authors

• Selvadurai Selvakennedy
• Prabakaran Poopalan
• Mohd Adzir Mahdi
• Harith AhmadFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2000

Abstract

Amplification of multiwavelength signals by an erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) is becoming critical, due to the proliferation of wavelength division multiplexed systems. However, when a standard EDFA is employed, the dissimilarities among the signals' gain may prove unacceptable. Thus, a novel gain-clamped EDFA is proposed here to tackle the issue of gain tilt. The suitability of the configuration is then investigated through a numerical model, which is developed based on the standard EDFA and fiber laser models.

Keywords

Erbium, Gain control, Modelling, Optical feedback, Optical fiber amplifiers

Publication Title

Optical Review

ISSN

1340-6000

Recommended Citation

Selvakennedy, Selvadurai; Poopalan, Prabakaran; Mahdi, Mohd Adzir; and Ahmad, Harith, "A Novel Gain-Clamped Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier for Wavelength Division Multiplexed Systems" (2000). Research Publications (2000 to 2005). 4.
https://knova.um.edu.my/research_publications_2000_2005/4

Divisions

PHYSICS

Volume

7

Issue

4

Publisher

Optical Society of Japan