Gain-clamped two-stage L-band EDFA with a FBG laser in second stage
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2003
Abstract
A gain-clamped two-stage L-band EDFA is demonstrated by simply incorporating two different FBGs on both side of EDF in the second stage. It forms a FBG laser at 1560 nm to clamp the gain in the system. The gain is clamped at about 16.5 dB with gain variation of less than 1.0 dB at dynamic range up to -10 dBm. A flat gain is obtained over 30 nm of wavelength range from 1568 to 1598 nm with a gain variation of less than 1.1 dB. At the flat region, the noise figure varies from 5.0 to 5.8 dB, which is slightly higher compared to those of unclamped amplifier. The advantage of this technique is that the FBG laser does not disturb the WDM signals in the flat gain region.
Keywords
Gain clamping, Optical amplifier, L-band EDFA, Two-stage EDFA, Fiber Bragg grating
Divisions
fac_eng,PHYSICS
Publication Title
Optics & Laser Technology
Volume
35
Issue
8
Publisher
Elsevier