Two-stage optical limiting fiber amplifier using a synchronized etalon filter

被引:10
作者
Kim, CH [1 ]
Giles, CR
Chung, YC
机构
[1] Korea Adv Inst Sci & Technol, Dept Elect Engn, Yusong Gu, Taejon 305701, South Korea
[2] AT&T Bell Labs, Lucent Technol, Holmdel, NJ 07733 USA
关键词
dynamic range; erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA); optical limiting amplifier; synchronized etalon filter;
D O I
10.1109/68.655386
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
We demonstrate a two-stage optical limiting erbium-doped fiber amplifier (OLA) using an interstage synchronized etalon filter and an isolator, The proposed OLA shows higher gain, lower noise figure, and wider dynamic range (> 30 dB) than conventional two-stage erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFA's) with an interstage isolator, In addition, this OLA is well suited for the use in wavelength-division multiplexed (WDM) networks since the synchronized etalon filter has multiple passbands at the standardized WDM wavelengths.
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页码:285 / 287
页数:3
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