Evaluation of Theoretical Model for Erbium-Doped Silica Fiber Amplifiers

AAmplified spontaneous emission measurements for three types of erbium-doped silica ffibers are presented. The characteristic parameters of these fibers was previously oobtained employing gain and pump power measurements. A theoretical model for eerbium-doped silica fiber amplifiers is evaluated and its scarcities are analyzed bby mmeans of a comparison between experimental and theoretical results for gain and ccopropagating amplified spontaneous emission.     

Noise Figure Reduction in Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers Using Loop Mirror Filter

Noise figure reduction of an erbium-doped fiber amplifier using loop mirror filter is demonstrated. Approximately 0.5-dB noise figure reduction is achieved at input signal power level below - 30dBm. Transferring energy from the amplifier spontaneous emission to the input signal compensates for the insertion loss of the loop mirror filter device. The insertion loss of the device approximately 1 dB.     

Effects of band mixing on the radiative properties of a quantum well

The effect of band mixing and non-parabolicity on quantum well gain and spontaneous emission is studied using k.p theory. Spectra of gain and spontaneous emission are strongly modified but the relation of maximum gain versus nominal current density is not strongly affected.     

Noise Figure Reduction in Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers Using Loop Mirror Filter

Noise figure reduction of an erbium-doped fiber amplifier using loop mirror filter is demonstrated. Approximately 0.5-dB noise figure reduction is achieved at input signal power level below - 30dBm. Transferring energy from the amplifier spontaneous emission to the input signal compensates for the insertion loss of the loop mirror filter device. The insertion loss of the device approximately 1 dB.     

Agreement between Experimental and Theoretical Gain and ASE of an Erbium-Doped Fiber Characterized by Dynamic Techniques

A comparison between theoretical and experimental results of gain and ASE obtained with erbium-doped fibers (EDFs) pumped at 980 nm is presented. Parameters used for the calculations were deduced from a completely different experiment based on the study of fluorescence dynamics. The deduced parameters are not only the emission coefficents (equivalent to the emission cross-sections), but also the erbium concentration and its effective radial distribution. In the subsequent comparison of gain and amplified spontaneous emissions (ASE), a good agreement between theory and experiment is obtained. Therefore, combination of the usual theoretical model of EDFs and the characterization method that is proposed can give correct gain and ASE predictions.     

Agreement between Experimental and Theoretical Gain and ASE of an Erbium-Doped Fiber Characterized by Dynamic Techniques

A comparison between theoretical and experimental results of gain and ASE obtained with erbium-doped fibers (EDFs) pumped at 980 nm is presented. Parameters used for the calculations were deduced from a completely different experiment based on the study of fluorescence dynamics. The deduced parameters are not only the emission coefficents (equivalent to the emission cross-sections), but also the erbium concentration and its effective radial distribution. In the subsequent comparison of gain and amplified spontaneous emissions (ASE), a good agreement between theory and experiment is obtained. Therefore, combination of the usual theoretical model of EDFs and the characterization method that is proposed can give correct gain and ASE predictions.     

Spatially inhomogeneous saturation of gain in organic solutions caused by amplified spontaneous emission

A theoretically predicted phenomenon, the spatially inhomogeneous saturation of the gain caused by amplified spontaneous emission, was investigated. The direct measurements of the population of excited states are in good qualitative agreement with the theoretical calculations.     

Loop Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers

A comprehensive study of implementing erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) using a loop configuration is presented. Two different schemes based on the mechanism of directing the loop output are investigated. The amplified spontaneous emission at the output port is 3 dB lower than conventional designs. This configuration is recommended for high-power EDFAs.     

Remotely pumped hybrid double-pass L-band optical amplifier utilizing chirped fiber Bragg

This paper reported an investigation of remotely pumped double pass L-band amplifier with dispersion compensation technique. The proposed design used chirped fiber Bragg grating (CFBG) to reflect the amplified signal back into the active medium, compensate the effect of fiber dispersion and block the recycled forward amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) and the residual 1480 nm pump power. The characterization of the design was done experimentally. The gain is 37.5 dB and noise figure is 4 dB with best BER of 10⁻⁵² is achieved when the EDF is placed 150 km away from the transmitter and 48 km before the receiver terminal.     

带光隔离器的掺铒光纤放大器性能分析

本文通过速率方程对带光隔离器的掺铒光纤放大器(EDFA)的性能进行了理论分析.由于光隔离器有效地抑制了反向传输的放大自发幅射(ASE),从而改善了掺铒光纤放大器的增益、噪音系数和输出功率等性能,分析结果表明光隔离器加在最佳位置时,可使小信号增益提高约5dB,噪音系数降低约1.6dB.     

Gain Controlling of Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier by Samarium Doped Inner-Cladding in the 1.5µm Region

In this work, WDM transmission with 40-Gbit/s per channel bit rate has been experimentally demonstrated over a 500-km link. Different chromatic dispersion conditions have been managed and in-line all-optical wavelength conversion has been carried out with a periodical poled lithium niobate (PPLN) device in a polarization-independent scheme. The link was obtained by connecting the fibers contained in an installed cable between Roma and Pomezia (25 km), encompassing single-mode (G.652) and high-end (G.655, non-zero dispersion with a particular value and flat curve for chromatic dispersion) fibers. Some 40 Gb/s channels were propagated in the link 500 km long and one channel was dropped from the link after 300-km propagation, wavelength converted, and added to the other channels for the next 200 km. The electrical data interfaces exploited a 4 × 10 Gbit/s to 1 × 40 Gbit/s MUX at the transmitter, along with a 1 × 40 Gbit/s to 4 × 10 Gbit/s DMUX at the receiver. Successful transmission of 4 channels, 200-GHz spaced, has been achieved over 500 km along both G.652 and G.655 links. No evidence of penalty comparing converted and unconverted channels has been reported. Transmission experiments of 8 × 40 Gbit/s, with 100 GHz frequency spacing, are also reported. No significant degradation has been observed in the case of the G.652 link.     

Experimental characterisation, optimisation and design of erbium-doped silica fibre lasers

A new characterisation method is described using the new theoretical model for erbium-doped silica fibre lasers (EDSFLs) based on the energy conservation principle. Using this method, we obtained absorption and emission coefficients for the lasing wavelength at lasing operating conditions. After that, an experimental procedure to deduce the spectral profiles of the absorption and emission coefficients is also presented. This procedure allows us to obtain the values of these parameters for the whole fluorescence spectrum through measurements of gain profiles under the lasing operation. Once the absorption and emission coefficients are known, the new model can be applied and a comparison with experimental results for two different laser configurations is shown. The theoretical model is proved to be accurate and in addition some equations are developed to allow the design and optimisation of EDSFLs. This revised version was published online in March 2005. In the previous version, the published online date was missing     

On the amplified spontaneous emission noise modeling of semiconductor optical amplifiers

We perform a theoretical investigation of two modeling approaches for the amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) noise of a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA), namely a stochastic time-domain and a deterministic frequency-domain approach. The theoretical results are compared to one another having as reference experimental measurements obtained from a commercial device. Special emphasis is placed on the modeling of the material gain as it is a key parameter in determining the ASE spectral characteristics. A comprehensive set of equations for both modeling approaches is developed and their numerical solution is analyzed in detail.     

Gain Stabilization in All-Optical Gain-Clamped Cascade of Praseodymium-Doped Fluoride Fiber Amplifiers

The authors present theoretical results of an analysis of an all-optical gain-clamped (AOGC) praseodymium-doped fluoride fiber amplifier (PDFFA) for protecting surviving channels in an amplified wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) network with six cascaded PDFFAs. The theoretical analysis is based on application of a large-signal numerical model that takes into account propagation of pump, signal, and downstream and upstream amplified spontaneous emission and includes time variation effects in a four-level laser system. It is shown that power excursions caused in an eight-channel WDM network by loss addition of six channels could be lower than 1 dB and free of relaxation oscillations if the AOGC PDFFA is strongly inverted and the total loss of the ring resonator is appropriately set.     

An experimental investigation of the gain spectrum of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers under various system configurations

The paper presents an experimental investigation of the gain spectrum of an erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) considering different system configurations, which include single-pass, double-pass, and double-pass with tunable band-pass filter (TBF). The role of TBF is to suppress the undesired amplified spontaneous emission (ASE). Both co- and counter-pumping schemes are considered with a 1480 nm laser diode as the pump and a suitable tunable laser source as the signal source. The results indicate that the signal achieves an average of 14 dB higher gain in the case of double-pass amplification with the implementation of a TBF. However, the pumping scheme hardly becomes of much importance in influencing the gain characteristics.     

Amplified spontaneous emission in short-pulse excimer amplifiers

We have found a simple analytical expression which describes the relation between amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) and small-signal gain in short-pulse amplifiers. It is also shown that the contrast of the short pulse to the ASE is weakly dependent on the saturation of the ASE, and influenced mainly by the saturation of the short pulse. The theoretical considerations were verified by measurements.     

交叉增益调制型波长转换器噪声特性的研究

对基于半导体光放大器的交叉增益调制型波长转换器相向和同向两种工作方式进行了研究。实验上分别实现了两种工作方式在1550nm波段的波长转换,比较了相同外部条件下两种工作方式的噪声特性,在全面考虑放大自发辐射噪声及其消耗载流子,增益谱的色散性和有源区内部损耗等因素的基础上,运用放大器的分段模型,计算了不同条件下两种方式的输出噪声功率,结果表明：相向型工作方式受放大自发辐射噪声的影响要远大于同向工作方式,输出放大自发辐射噪声功率的大小主要取决于载流子浓度的高低,而载流子空间分布的不均匀程度则决定两种工作方式输出噪声功率的差值大小。     

光纤回音壁模式的三波段激光辐射研究

将石英光纤浸入低折射率的激光染料溶液中构成圆柱形微腔.采用沿光纤轴向光抽运的消逝波激励增益方式,获得了沿光纤轴向长距离的激光染料增益,受激辐射光在圆柱形微腔中回音壁模式的支持下形成激光振荡.在直径为288 μm的同一根光纤外分三段分别填入罗丹明6G、罗丹明610和罗丹明640激光染料乙二醇溶液,实现了波长分别在567～575 nm、605～614 nm和656～666 nm三个不同波段的回音壁模式激光振荡,用一根光纤同时获得了红、橙、黄三种不同颜色的激光辐射.对实验所获得的回音壁模式激光光谱做了模式标定,依据标定的模式数计算了各种模式以及抽运光在光纤截面的强度分布.计算结果表明,激光增益区域总是局限在圆柱形微腔回音壁模式的模场区域内,由此可以显著地提高抽运效率,增加抽运光沿光纤轴向的增益长度.     

FEMLAB在模拟掺镱双包层光纤放大器脉冲放大特性的应用1

应用FEMLAB软件模拟掺镱双包层光纤放大器的脉冲放大特性.计算了在915 nm前向抽运下，光纤放大器中的上能级粒子数，抽运光和放大自发辐射在光纤中的稳态分布,以及高斯脉冲和方波脉冲的输出、能量及增益特性.与文献上的结果进行比较证明了该程序的有效性.     

Stable Soliton Propagation in a System with Spectral Filtering and Nonlinear Gain

Stable soliton propagation in a system with linear and nonlinear gain and spectral filtering is investigated. Different types of exact analytical solutions of the cubic and the quintic complex Ginzburg-Landau equation (CGLE) are reviewed. The conditions to achieve stable soliton propagation are analyzed within the domain of validity of soliton perturbation theory. We derive an analytical expression defining the region in the parameter space where stable pulselike solutions exist, which agrees with the numerical results obtained by other authors. An analytical expression for the soliton amplitude corresponding to the quintic CGLE is also obtained. We show that the minimum value of this amplitude depends only on the ratio between the linear gain and the quintic gain saturating term.