低噪声、高增益的L -band EDFA的实验研究

针对传统的L-band EDFA的工作效率低,提出了一种基于单根光纤光栅、泵浦分配、两段级联的EDFA的新结构,其中的光纤光栅用来反射无用的后向C-band ASE.系统地研究了泵浦比例和光纤光栅波长对增益噪声指数的影响关系.最后经实验验证,得到了低噪声、高增益的L-band的EDFA.其在输入信号光（1570 nm）功率为-30 dBm及泵浦功率为70 mW时,增益为22.26 dB,增益噪声指数为4.96 dB.     

碲基掺铒光纤放大器增益饱和特性的数值模拟

依据均匀加宽四能级结构速率方程组和光功率传输方程组,数值模拟了1520～1620nm波段范围内碲基掺铒光纤放大器(EDTFA)增益谱特性,以及EDTFA增益谱特性与输入信号光功率的关系.模拟结果显示:随着输入信号光功率的增大,EDTFA增益谱由于饱和效应而呈现平坦化特征.模拟结果与报道的实验测量结果达到了很好的一致.     

纤维光学 光纤器件

TN253 2006032293抑制噪声的宽带碲基掺铒光纤放大器性能分析=Per-formance analysis of broadband EDTFA with noise sup-pression[刊,中]/周亚训(宁波大学信息科学与工程学院.浙江,宁波(315211)) ,陈芬…∥光电工程.—2006 , 33(1) .—59-62 ,76设计了一个带光隔离器的复合型宽带碲基掺铒光纤放大器(EDTFA) ,通过对该结构模型下的速率方程和光功率传输方程的数值模拟,理论研究了EDTFA在插入光隔离器后的性能变化。研究表明,通过插入光隔离器抑制反向传输的放大自发辐射( ASE)噪声,可以有效地改善宽带EDTFA的信号增益和噪声特性…     

L-Band掺铒光纤放大器的优化设计

提出了泵浦分配两段级联,并利用前向ASE推动下一级EDF工作的L-Band放大器的新结构.基于Giles模型并考虑了ASE噪声的影响,运用数值模拟算法系统分析了泵浦光功率分配和铒光纤分配比例对这种EDFA性能的影响.最后优化得到高增益且增益谱平坦的L-Band EDFA,其在输入信号光功率为-20 dBm时,在1571～1608 nm范围内,增益值高达35 dB,增益偏差小于1 dB.     

L-band EDFA性能与增益光纤长度关系的分析

分析和模拟L_band EDFA的增益特性对其优化设计和实验有着重要的意义。基于Giles模型,数值模拟了L_band EDFA中的信号光、泵浦光和放大自发辐射(ASE)在一定泵浦功率下与铒光纤长度的关系;分析了L_band EDFA本征增益平坦的产生机理;数值模拟了小信号增益平坦特性。结果表明,在一定的泵浦功率下,如果在所选择的L_bandEDFA中铒光纤长度合适,则不需要任何平坦化处理就可以得到比较平坦的增益谱线。     

高功率激光片状放大器中自发辐射放大研究

 采用理论模拟和实验研究相结合的方法，研究了高功率激光片状放大器中的自发辐射放大(ASE)效应。建立了一套较完整的包含空间和时间的3维ASE模型，分析了不同电压、不同储能分布和不同泵浦时刻、不同增益长度积条件下ASE效应对放大器储能效率和小信号增益系数的影响。对4×2×3组合式放大器的计算结果表明：随着泵浦电压升高，ASE效应明显加强；23kV泵浦电压下，ASE效应造成的平均储能下降210%，小信号增益系数损耗为16.62%，增益不均匀性为7.44%；增益长度积可以作为判断ASE效应的依据，其值越大，ASE效应越强。     

碲基掺铒光纤放大器对于渐变输入信号的瞬态响应

为了抑制输出信号功率的瞬态波动,提出了调理脉冲信号边沿变化方式的思想.通过有限差分法数值模拟四能级模型下的粒子数速率-光功率传输方程组,理论研究了宽带碲基掺铒光纤放大器(Erbium-doped Tellurite-based Fiber Amplifier,EDTFA)对于低频脉冲输入信号的瞬态响应.研究表明,相比具有阶跃上升沿的方波脉冲,选择一个合适的渐变上升沿脉冲信号可以有效地抑制EDTFA输出端信号功率的瞬时上冲幅度.在多信道系统中,选择渐变的信道功率上传和下载方式,可以延缓其余信道输出功率的瞬态响应速度,从而为后续增益箍制技术的实施提供了便利.     

1 064 nm波长双向泵浦的S波段掺铥石英光纤放大器

研究了1 064 nm波长双向泵浦的掺铥石英光纤放大器（TDSFA）,测量了信号开关增益随泵浦功率和信号波长的变化情况.在最大入纤功率1 400 mW泵浦下,放大器在1 485~1 517 nm的较宽范围内具有放大能力,最大增益3.76 dB.分析表明,弱的基态吸收和强的激发态吸收限制了放大器增益的进一步提高,表明上转换泵浦的TDSFA是可行的.     

超宽带可调谐SOA四波混频波长变换器的实验研究

基于半导体光放大器(SOA)光纤环形激光器中的双泵浦四波混频效应,构成超宽带并且完全透明的波长变换器,成功实现1550nm窗口2.5Gb/s信号的可调谐波长变换,变换效率在50nm范围内保持基本平坦,同时测出了SOA增益和自发辐射(ASE)噪音功率的关系.实验结果表明,在一定限制条件下,提高泵浦功率可以提高变换信号的信噪比.     

低温Yb:YAG放大器增益与热畸变特性实验研究

为了研究低温条件下Yb:YAG放大器的增益和热特性,搭建了一套液氮冷却的低温放大器,开展了实验研究。测量了不同泵浦强度下的小信号增益以及低温和常温下的介质热致波前畸变。结果表明:低温条件下,可以用更少的泵浦能量得到高于常温的增益;常温下泵浦电流200A、脉冲宽度1200μs的小信号增益为1.59;低温下泵浦电流200A、脉冲宽度400μs的小信号增益为1.82,光光效率显著提高。自发辐射放大(ASE)问题在低温下更加显著,采用短脉冲泵浦有利于降低ASE的影响。低温的热管理效果较常温有显著提高,可以在更高的平均功率下运行。     

掺铒光纤放大器中抽运问题的理论分析

依据掺铒光纤放大器的速率方程和光传输方程,在不计放大自发辐射的情况下,得出了抽运功率和信号增益在放大器中沿光纤分布的隐函形式的解析表达式,并利用数值模拟对三种抽运方式下的放大器特性进行了分析。     

Effect of injection of C-band ASE on L-band erbium-doped fiber amplifier

The effect of injecting conventional band (C-band) amplified spontaneous emission on the performance of long-wavelength band erbium-doped fiber amplifier (L-band EDFA) is demonstrated. It uses a circulator and broadband fiber Bragg grating (FBG) to route C-band ASE from a C-band EDFA. Injection of a small amount of ASE (attenuation of 20 dB or above) improves the small signal gain with a negligible noise figure penalty compared to that of an amplifier without the ASE injection. A maximum gain improvement of 3.5 dB is obtained at an attenuation of 20 dB. At very large amounts of ASE injection (attenuation of 0 dB), the gain of the amplifier is clamped at 15.2 dB from ?40 to ?10 dBm with a gain variation of less than 0.3 dB. The saturation power is also increased from ?8 dBm (for without ASE injection) to 2 dBm (VOA=0 dB) with a slight noise figure penalty. These results show that the ASE injection technique can be used either for gain improvement or for gain clamping in L-band EDFA.     

High gain L-band erbium-doped fiber amplifier with two-stage double-pass configuration

An experiment on gain enhancement in the long wavelength band erbium-doped fiber amplifier (L-band EDFA) is demonstrated using dual forward pumping scheme in double-pass system. Compared to a single-stage single-pass scheme, the small signal gain for 1580 nm signal can be improved by 13.5 dB. However, a noise figure penalty of 2.9 dB was obtained due to the backward C-band ASE from second stage and the already amplified signal from the first pass that extracting energy from the forward C-band ASE. The maximum gain improvement of 13.7 dB was obtained at a signal wavelength of 1588 nm while signal and total pump powers were fixed at -30 dBm and 92 mW, respectively.     

Gain-clamping techniques in two-stage double-pass L-band EDFA

Two designs of long-wavelength band erbium-doped fiber amplifier (L-band EDFA) for gain clamping in double-pass systems are demonstrated and compared. The first design is based on ring laser technique where a backward amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) from the second stage is routed into the feedback loop to create an oscillating laser for gain clamping. The gain is clamped at 18.6 d B from -40 to -80 dBm with a gain variation of less than ±0.1 dB and a noise figure of less than 6 dB. Another scheme is based on partial reflection of ASE into the EDFA, which is demonstrated using a narrowband fiber Bragg grating. This scheme achieves a good gain clamping characteristic up to -12 dBm of input signal power with a gain variation of less than ±0.3 dB from a clamped gain of 22 dB. The noise figure of a 1580 nm signal is maintained below 5 dB in this amplifier since this scheme is not based on lasing mechanism. The latter scheme is also expected to be free from the relaxation oscillation problem.     

Theoretical Model of Bidirectional Signal Propagation in Distributed EDFAs

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Dynamic-performance characterization of C-band EDFA using ASE-power peak-selective feedback gain-clamping

We propose and demonstrate a C-band Erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) using amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) power peaking-selective and feedback to achieve highly stabilized and wide dynamic range gain clamping performances. The gain of 16.20 ± 0.13 dB is obtained with the input signal power dynamic range of 30 dB and the maximum noise figure (NF) was 6.6 dB with the input signal power from −35 to −10 dBm. To investigate the gain variation for the probe signals, we applied a saturation tone signal to simulate 16-channel DWDM signals as it is added (dropped) into (from) EDFA. The gain variation of the proposed scheme at a appropriate ring-cavity loss (VOA = 5 dB) is less than 0.13 dB for the input signal power from −35 to −5 dBm and wavelength from 1530 to 1564 nm.     

Low noise gain-clamped L-band erbium-doped fiber amplifier by utilizing fiber Bragg grating

A novel gain-clamped long wavelength band (L-band) erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) is proposedand experimented by using a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) at the input end of the amplifier. This designprovides a good gain clamping and decreases noise effectively. It uses two sections of erbium-doped fiber(EDF) pumped by a 1480-nm laser diode (LD) for higher efficiency and lower noise figure (NF). The gainis clamped at 23 dB with a variation of 0.5 dB from input signal power of -30 to -8 dBm for 1589 nm andNF below 5 dB is obtained. At the longer wavelength in L-band higher gain is also obtained and the gainis clamped at 16 dB for 1614 nm effectively. Because the FBG injects a portion of backward amplifiedspontaneous emission (ASE) back into the system, the gain enhances 5 dB with inputting small signal.     

Amplification enhancement of L-band erbium-doped fiber amplifiers by reflection scheme

A reflection L-band erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA), which can effectively suppress and completely exploit the backward C-band amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) with a feedback reflection loop, is presented in this paper. The mechanism of the backward ASE secondary pumping effect is experimentally investigated in detail. Our experimental results have shown that, for a given input pump power, compared to the end-pumped EDFA, the gain and output power of the reflection EDFA can be improved considerably without paying much noise penalty. When the EDFA operates with flattened gain spectra, the gain is improved by about 7 dB with an extra noise penalty of about 1.2 dB, where the saturation output power is increased by 2.5–3.2 dB and which may also be made independent of the input signal power.     

Single-stage gain-clamped L-band EDFA with C-band ASE saturating tone

We demonstrate a single-stage gain-clamped L-band Erbium-doped fiber amplifier with 1480 nm pump wavelength. The gain-clamping technique is achieved by utilizing the backward propagation of C-band amplified spontaneous emission (ASE). This unwanted noise is reflected back into the optical amplifier and its intensity is adjusted using the variable optical attenuator. The C-band ASE sets the population inversion level along the Erbium doped-fiber and limits the L-band signal amplification to a specific value. The whole optical bandwidth in L-band can be employed for signal amplification since the saturating tone is out of the band. The gain dynamic range of 11.7 dB is obtained between 21.7 and 10.0 dB with noise figure of less than 5.5 dB for signal power up to 2 dBm.