Broadband and gain-flattened amplifier composed of a 1.55 mu m-band and a 1.58 mu m-band Er3+-doped fibre amplifier in a parallel configuration

被引:169
作者
Yamada, M
Ono, H
Kanamori, T
Sudo, S
Ohishi, Y
机构
[1] NTT Opto-electronics Laboratories, Naka-gun, Ibaraki-ken, 319-11, 162, Tokai-mura
关键词
fibre amplifiers; erbium-doped fibre amplifiers;
D O I
10.1049/el:19970455
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The authors construct a broadband and gain-flattened Er3+-doped fibre amplifier (EDFA) with a flat amplification bandwidth of 54nm for wavelength division multiplexed signals. This was achieved by employing a 1.58 mu m-band EDFA and a 1.55 mu-band EDFA in a parallel configuration. Excellent flat amplification characteristics were obtained for 1530-1560nm and 1576-1600nm signal wavelength regions, with a gain non-uniformity of <1.7 dB and a signal gain of 30 dB.
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页码:710 / 711
页数:2
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