Gain Flattening Approach to Physical EDFA for 16 × 40 Gb/s NRZ-DPSK WDM Optical Communication Systems

We are using different approaches to gain flattening in EDFAs without using additional components; i.e., gain flattening filter, dispersion shift fiber, periodic gratings, etc. By using gain flatten approach 3, it is possible to achieve the transmission of sixteen channels at 40 Gb/s wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) over a transmission distance of 490 km by single-mode fiber and dispersion-compensating fiber at a span of 70 km with channel spacing of 200 GHz. We observed the bit error rate less than 10^-9 and power of received signal more than -5 dBm with NRZ-DPSK format.     

Study of the amplification characteristics of a coaxial EDF with varying coupling conditions

A coaxial erbium doped fiber (EDF) designed to show inherent gain flattening for one of its propagating modes in general supports two or more modes with different gains. In this paper, we show that when such an amplifying coaxial EDF is spliced to a single mode transmission fiber carrying the signal, in general, more than one mode is excited each with its excitation coefficient strongly dependent on wavelength. Due to the interference between these modes, the amplified output coupled to an output single core transmission fiber can be a very sensitive function of the coaxial EDF length, especially around the phase matching wavelength (PMW), and does not show inherent gain flattening. However, due to interference between the two modes, the coaxial fiber acts as a band reject filter at the phase matching wavelength with attenuation and bandwidth depending on fiber parameters. This property can be employed for inherent gain flattening when both modes are excited.     

Transmission performance of 20 × 10 Gb/s WDM signals using cascaded optimized SOAs with OOK and DPSK modulation formats

We investigated 20 channels at 10 Gb/s wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) transmission over 1190 km single mode fiber and dispersion compensating fiber using cascaded inline semiconductor optical amplifier at a span of 70 km for RZ-DPSK (return zero differential phase-shift keying) modulation format by using same channel spacing, i.e. 100 GHz. We show for RZ-OOK (return zero on-off keying) format a transmission distance of up to 1050 km with Q factor more than 15 dB, without any power drops. We developed the SOA model for inline amplifier having minimum cross-talks and ASE (amplified spontaneous emission) noise power with sufficient gain. At optimal bias current of 400 mA, a high constant gain of 36.5 dB is obtained up to a saturation power of 21.36 mW. So reduction of cross-talk and distortion is possible by decreasing the bias current at appropriate amplification factor.The DPSK modulation format has less cross-talk as compared to OOK format for nonlinearities and saturation case. The impact of optical power received and Q factor at different distance for both RZ-OOK and RZ-DPSK modulation format has been illustrated. We have shown the optical spectrum and clear Eye diagram at the transmission distance of 1190 km in RZ-DPSK system and 1050 km in RZ-OOK systems.The bit error rate (BER) for all channels observed is less than 10⁻¹⁰ up to gain saturation for both DPSK and OOK systems. Finally, we investigated that the transmission distance decreases with a decrease in channel spacing of up to 20 GHz.     

Simulation of DWDM signals using optimum span scheme with cascaded optimized semiconductor optical amplifiers

We numerically simulated the ten channels at 10 Gb/s dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) transmission faithfully over 17,227 km using 70 km span of single mode fiber (SMF) and dispersion compensating fiber (DCF) using optimum span scheme at channel spacing 20 GHz. For this purpose, inline optimized semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) and DPSK format are used. We optimized the SOA parameters for inline amplifier with minimum crosstalk and amplified spontaneous emission noise with sufficient gain at bias current 400 mA. For this bias current, constant gain 36.5 dB is obtained up to saturation power 21.35 mW. We have also optimized the optical phase modulator bandwidth for 400 mA current which is around 5.5 GHz with crosstalk −14.2 dB between two channels at spacing 20 GHz.We show the 10×10 Gb/s transmission over 70 km distance with inline amplifier has good signal power received as compared to without amplifier, even at equal quality factor. We further investigated the optimum span scheme for 5670 km transmission distance for 10×10 Gb/s with channel spacing 20 at 5.5 GHz optical phase modulator bandwidth. As we increase the transmission distance up to 17,227 km, there is increase in power penalty with reasonable quality.The impact of optical power received and Q factor at 5670 and 17,227 km transmission distance for different span schemes for all channels has been illustrated. For launched optical power less than saturation, all channels are obtained at bit error rate floor of 10⁻¹⁰.     

Minimization of Cross-Gain Saturation in Wavelength Division Multiplexing by Optimizing Differential Gain in Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers

We successfully simulated the 10 × 40 Gbit/s soliton RZ-DPSK WDM signals over 1050 km with spectral efficiency approaching 0.4 bit/s/Hz using semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) as in-line amplifier. The cross-gain saturation of SOA can be minimized by settling crosstalk at a lower level by decreasing the differential gain. This decrease in differential gain is in such a way that we get nil power penalty. The maximum transmission distance of 1050 km is possible with differential gain 210 atto cm² of SOA.

The impact of amplification factor, ASE noise power, crosstalk, quality factor and bit error rate for different differential gain has been investigated. It has been shown that with the increase in differential gain of SOA, the transmission distance goes on decreasing. At high value of differential gain 2.5 × 10^-16 cm² for the transmission distance 1050 km, all channels produce inter channel crosstalk with bit error rate greater than 10^-6. But for lower differential gain 190 atto cm², the quality of all channel increases at the cost of large power penalty.

With slight increase in differential gain 200 atto cm², the maximum transmission distance observed is 4550 km with quality of received signal more than 15 dB and having nil power penalty. We observed clear eye diagrams and optical power spectra for received signal with transmission distance 1050 km and 4550 km using soliton RZ-DPSK system. The bit error rate for all channels increase more than 10^-10 with the increase in launched input power that is due to power saturation.     

Limitation in the intrinsic method of EDFA gain optimization for 32 × 40 Gbit/s WDM systems

The gain flattening of the erbium doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) is one of the most important aspects in the EDFA which the gain is wavelength dependent. For the first time the limitation of EDFA gain optimizing for a 32-channel wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) systems is investigated and reported in this paper. In a 32-channel WDM system the most favorable flatness gain achieved was 23.16 ± 1.51 dB with an average noise figure of 5.70 dB. This outcome proposes that the method does not achieve a uniform spectral gain in a 32-channel WDM system that incorporates a bandwidth of around 25 nm. Based on the simulation results the intrinsic optimization of EDFA causes the poor SNR and peak signal power with great variation over a transmission distance of 480 km single mode fiber.     

在同种光纤中实现RFA增益平坦化的方法

提出了一种新的光纤拉曼放大器设计方法:在同一种光纤内运用不同波长的泵浦光源达到前增益后补偿的目的,最终实现在放大器输出端信号光增益谱平坦化。通过对拉曼增益谱前后沿做线性化处理,化简稳态SRS耦合波方程的解析解,最终在输出端得到了一个固定的功率输出值。模拟结果表明:所设计的放大器具有增益平坦度好、增益高的优点,且设计方法简单。该方案为增益平坦化的拉曼光纤放大器设计提供了一种新的思路。     

利用无噪线性光放大器增加连续变量量子密钥分发最远传输距离

如何提高实际量子密钥分发系统的安全码率和最远传输距离是量子密码学领域重要的研究课题. 本文采用量子无噪线性光放大器放大量子信号, 以改进连续变量量子密钥分发系统实际性能. 经仔细研究, 本文发现增益系数为g的线性无噪放大器可将连续变量量子密钥分发系统的最远安全传输距离提高20 log₁₀(g)/a km (a=0.2 dB/km为光纤信道的损耗系数), 并改善系统的安全码率和噪声抗性. 关键词： 量子密钥分发 连续变量 最远传输距离 线性无噪放大器     

Inherently gain flattened L band TDFA based on W-fiber design

We present here a detailed theoretical analysis for realizing an inherently gain flattened L⁺ band thulium doped fiber amplifier (TDFA), based on a depressed inner-clad (W-fiber) design, wherein the inherent gain flattening is achieved by an optimized bend induced leakage loss. The leakage loss characteristics of W-fiber have been used to suppress higher wavelength amplified stimulated emission (ASE) in the designed TDFA, which otherwise depletes the population inversion in the amplifier, making it almost impossible to obtain high gain for wavelengths in and close to the conventional L-band. It has been shown through simulations that 20 dB net gain (±0.3 dB ripple) is achievable over 32 nm bandwidth (1604-1636 nm), using this design pumped with 160 mW of power. We also show that inherent gain flattening leads to redistribution of power among signal wavelengths, and hence an inherently gain-flattened TDFA is much more efficient as compared to a configuration that uses discrete filters for gain flattening. The net gain value and gain flattening of the designed TDFA module have been tested against tolerance with respect to fiber parameters as well as bend radius. This is for the first time to the authors knowledge that inherently gain flattened L⁺ band operation has been shown using TDFAs.     

Gain characteristics of a 210 km hybrid Raman/erbium-doped fiber amplified loop

As an alternative to using gain flattening filters or other optical devices that add attenuation to balance the gain in the optical spectrum, we have studied the effects of combining gain from Raman amplifiers and erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) in a fiber recirculating loop. We have shown a parameter range for which the gain profile is flat, and have analyzed the variation of the gain tilt as a function of the individual contributions of the Raman and EDFA amplifiers.     

Directly modulated DBR lasers for long-haul transmission at 1.7 Gbit/s

We demonstrate 1.7 Gbit/s transmission through 257 km of conventional fiber using directly modulated distributed-Bragg reflector (DBR) lasers and fiber amplifiers. This experiment resulted in a record bit rate distance product of 437 km Gb/s for direct modulation at rates between 1 and 3 Gbit/s. This paper has been accepted for presentation at OFC '92.     

Wide band gain flattening Yb-doped fiber amplifier

The gain flattening of Yb³⁺-doped fiber amplifier of 1053 nm band has been realized in experiment using three cascade 1 × 2 fused tapered fiber coupler. The gain flattening band is about 20 nm with less than 1 dB power fluctuation around 1053 nm, which is agree with our numerical stimulation results very well.     

Experimental and Theoretical Study of High Temperature-Stability and Low-Chirp 1.55 µm Semiconductor Laser with an External Fiber Grating

An experimental and theoretical study of the effect of temperature on the static and dynamic characteristics of packaged external fiber grating semiconductor lasers (FGL) is reported on. Operating in single frequency mode, the laser exhibits high output power (> 8 mW), high temperature stability of operating frequency (-3.4 GHz/K), and low static chirp (-60 MHz/mA). The observed hysteresis in wavelength versus temperature dependence is explained in the frame of a time-domain FGL model accounting for asymmetric nonlinear gain. The laser has low dynamic chirp (~16 MHz/mA) under 2.5 GB/s direct modulation, which is the key factor determining low penalty transmission over 312 km of SSM fiber. Dense WDM transmission performed at 2.6 Gbit/s over 117 km of SSM fiber shows that an FGL-based transmitter is a factor of 7 more tolerant to temperature variations than externally modulated DFB lasers.     

Optimal Configuration of Multiple Pump Powers and Wavelengths for Balanced Pre- and Post-pumped Raman Fiber Amplifiers

A novel configuration algorithm for bi-directionally pumped Raman amplifier is developed by adopting simulated annealing algorithm. Automatic design of optical fiber Raman amplifier using 10 laser diode pumps with different wavelengths and powers is demonstrated for 64 channels DWDM systems. The resulted gain ripple is less than 2.6 dB in amplification bandwidth of more than 50 nm for a transmission span of more than 300 km. The algorithm can be practically applied to desired signal channel number and gain profile.     

Optimal Configuration of Multiple Pump Powers and Wavelengths for Balanced Pre- and Post-pumped Raman Fiber Amplifiers

A novel configuration algorithm for bi-directionally pumped Raman amplifier is developed by adopting simulated annealing algorithm. Automatic design of optical fiber Raman amplifier using 10 laser diode pumps with different wavelengths and powers is demonstrated for 64 channels DWDM systems. The resulted gain ripple is less than 2.6 dB in amplification bandwidth of more than 50 nm for a transmission span of more than 300 km. The algorithm can be practically applied to desired signal channel number and gain profile.     

Experimental realization of a novel dispersion- compensating optical fiber amplifier for simultaneous compensation of positive dispersion and losses

Erbium-doped dispersion-compensating optical fiber (EDCF) has been theoretically simulated and experimentally fabricated using Modified Chemical Vapor Deposition (MCVD) for optimum operation at 5.0km. It is optimized for both gain as well as negative dispersion. The erbium has been doped into the cladding region while the core of the optical fiber is chosen to be narrow so as to have a high negative dispersion. Measured gain of 3.1 dB at 200 m using 100 mW pumping power (980 nm wavelength) at 1550 nm has been obtained and the gain of 32 dB at 5.0 km using same pumping scheme has been predicted. The chromatic dispersion of this EDCF has been also measured to be –43.5 ps/km-nm at 1550 nm and thus, providing the dispersion of –217.5 ps/nm at 5 km. The bend-induced losses are found to be negligible. We are the first to report the experimental realization of EDCF.     

Fully dispersion-compensated approximately 500 fs pulse transmission over 50 km single-mode fiber

We demonstrate essentially distortionless 50 km fiber transmission for approximately 500 fs pulses, using dispersion-compensating fiber and a programmable pulse shaper as a spectral phase equalizer. This distance is approximately five times longer than previously achieved at similar pulse widths.     

Fiber-Grating-Based Optical Limiting Amplifier Module for Dual-Wavelength, Hybrid Data Rate Transmission

A multichannel fiber-grating-based optical limiting amplifier module is proposed. Dual-wavelength, hybrid data rate transmission is demonstrated with 30 dB input dynamic range. For 5.0 and 2.5 Gbit s dual-channel transmission in a 200 km single-mode fiber, power penalty due to gain competition between channels and backreflection noise is less than 0.6 dB compared to the receiver sensitivity of 0 km, 5.0 Gbit per second single-channel operation.     

Electro-optic intensity chaotic system with varying parameters

We propose a kind of chaotic system based on electro-optical oscillator with varying parameters, the results show that the system can enter chaos with a low gain, and can hide the delay time effectively. Furthermore, the system is more complex than the general one (with higher Lyapunov exponents and dimension). The system can achieve synchronous communication with information rate 10 Gbit/s, in 400 km optical fiber transmission distance. Furthermore, we find the system is more sensitive than the conventional system when the delay time is mismatched.     

Fiber-Grating-Based Optical Limiting Amplifier Module for Dual-Wavelength,Hybrid Data Rate Transmission

A multichannel fiber-grating-based optical limiting amplifier module is proposed. Dual-wavelength, hybrid data rate transmission is demonstrated with 30 dB input dynamic range. For 5.0 and 2.5 Gbit s dual-channel transmission in a 200 km single-mode fiber, power penalty due to gain competition between channels and backreflection noise is less than 0.6 dB compared to the receiver sensitivity of 0 km, 5.0 Gbit per second single-channel operation.