MULTIWAVELENGTH PROPAGATION IN LIGHTWAVE SYSTEMS WITH STRONGLY INVERTED FIBER AMPLIFIERS

被引:15
作者
GOLDSTEIN, EL [1 ]
ESKILDSEN, L [1 ]
LIN, C [1 ]
TENCH, RE [1 ]
机构
[1] AT&T BELL LABNS,BREINIGSVILLE,PA 18031
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10.1109/68.275446
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Unlike single-channel systems, which favor saturated operation, multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber amplifier cascades offer substantial performance advantages when operated with minimal saturation at very strong inversion levels. This is due to ground-state absorption which, in partially inverted amplifiers, yields strong wavelength-dependent attenuation and thus large inter-channel power spread. In a strongly inverted six-amplifier chain, the inter-channel power spread per amplifier is suppressed by about an order of magnitude compared with the same system operated well into gain-compression.
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页码:266 / 269
页数:4
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