Low noise double pass L-band erbium-doped fiber amplifier

A new double pass long wavelength band erbium-doped fiber amplifier with enhanced noise figure characteristics is demonstrated. The noise figure is improved by about 2.6 dB with the incorporation of broadband conventional-band fiber Bragg grating (FBG) in between the two segments of erbium-doped fiber. By incorporating both the pre-amplifier and the FBG, the noise figure is further improved, which varies from 4.0 to 5.0 dB in the flat gain region from 1570 to 1600 nm. The gain varies from 32.0 to 33.4 dB within this region. The new amplifier with high gain and low noise figure can be useful as an inline amplifier in a wavelength division multiplexing transmission system.     

10-GHz Optical Comb in L-Band Region With Brillouin/Erbium-Doped Fibre Laser

A multiwavelength Brillouin/erbium fibre laser (BEFL) which operates in the long wavelength (L-band) region is demonstrated for potential applications in an L-band wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) communication system. The laser configuration consists of a long erbium-doped fibre to enable L-band amplification where two 3-dB couplers take a portion of the generated BEFL signal and re-inject it into the single mode fibre to seed a cascaded BEFL line in the same direction as the first BEFL line. A stable and strong laser comb of up to five lines with 10-GHz spacing has been obtained with a Brillouin pump (BP) of 9.2 mW and a 980 nm pump of 92 mW. The BEFL has shown a broad tuning range with a tuning characteristic for line #1 which is flat over a range greater than 9.9 nm.     

新颖的高功率L-波段掺铒光纤超荧光光源

研究了L-波段超荧光在光纤中的产生机理,设计了一种带光纤圈反射器的双级双程前向输出L-波段光源结构,通过对两级采用掺铒浓度不同的光纤并优化其长度及两级泵浦光功率,实验中获得了功率高达19.86mW(12.98dBm)、中心波长为1577.421nm的L-波段(1555-1620nm)超荧光光源。实现了低浓度掺铒光纤起诱导光及改善光谱的作用,高浓度光纤为主要发光源,采用光纤圈反射器提高了泵浦光的利用效率、光源的平坦度及稳定性。同时分析了结构中各个参量对光源各方面性能的影响,对光源的设计具有指导意义。     

新型三段高性能的长波段掺铒光纤超荧光光源的研究

提出了一种第一段无泵浦、第二段前向泵浦和第三段后向泵浦的三段级联掺铒光纤超荧光光纤光源的新结构.数值分析了泵浦光波长、铒光纤长度以及泵浦比例对新结构性能的影响.结果表明可以找到一组适合制作成本低廉、输出功率高、谱平坦的长波段掺铒光纤超荧光光源.     

新颖的双通道输出高功率掺铒光纤宽带光源

在分析L波段放大自发辐射(ASE)谱产生原理的基础上,设计出一种新颖的双级结构掺铒光纤ASE宽带光源,该光源可在两个端口分别输出高功率的C波段和L波段的ASE谱.设计将C波段ASE谱注入到掺铒光纤中作为L波段ASE谱的二次抽运源,使得L波段ASE谱功率得到了有效提高.优化光源结构参量后从两个端口分别获得了12.97 dBm和12.81 dBm的C波段和L波段ASE宽带谱.将两个输出端口组合得到了功率为15.9 dBm,泵浦转换效率达到21.6%的C+L波段超宽带ASE光源.     

紧凑型L波段同轴相对论返波振荡器的粒子模拟

 设计了紧凑型L波段同轴相对论返波振荡器，通过粒子模拟研究了L波段同轴相对论返波振荡器相互作用的物理过程，并对器件的电磁结构进行了优化和改进。分析表明，采用同轴慢波结构可以在较低的外加磁场下实现L波段返波振荡器的微波输出，同时可以大大减小微波器件的径向尺寸。这是因为同轴慢波结构的TM01模式有类似于TEM模的性质，没有截止频率，但纵向电场不为零，电子束能够与它发生强相互作用过程。粒子模拟优化结果表明，在器件半径仅为4.0 cm，电子束能量240 keV，电子束流1.8 kA，导引磁场仅为0.75 T时，返波振荡器可以在频率1.60 GHz处获得较大功率的微波输出， 平均峰值功率达140 MW，平均峰值功率效率约为32%。     

Temperature independent length optimization of L-band EDFAs providing flat gain

In this study, single stage (SS), double-stage (DS), and gain flattened (GF) DS L-band erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) configurations are designed in order to obtain a flat gain amplifier. Temperature dependence of the mentioned configurations is also analyzed. Maximum spectral dependence of EDFA gain with respect to temperature is obtained for SS EDFA design while smaller spectral dependence of gains is obtained for both DS and GF DS L-EDFA configurations. It is observed that the maximum temperature dependence is in the range of 1570-1580 nm band for all configurations. It has also been found that for all configurations, reducing the temperature has greater effect than raising the temperature on EDFA gain. The overall results show that a temperature independent L-band configuration has not been possible. However, for some signal wavelengths, the erbium-doped fiber (EDF) lengths at which the gain is temperature independent are observed.     

Gain-clamped dual-stage L-band EDFA by using backward C-band ASE

A dual-stage L-band gain-clamped erbium-doped fiber amplifier (GC-EDFA) by using backward C-band amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) is proposed. Compared with other similar GC-EDFAs, the proposed structure has higher and flatter clamped gain in L-band because of its optimal pump power and EDF length. The flatness from 1570 nm to 1600 nm arrives 0.77 dB, the bandwidth of 3 dB is more than 35 nm and the maximal input signal power arrives −15 dBm.     

Gain-clamped two-stage L-band EDFA with a FBG laser in second stage

A gain-clamped two-stage L-band EDFA is demonstrated by simply incorporating two different FBGs on both side of EDF in the second stage. It forms a FBG laser at 1560 nm to clamp the gain in the system. The gain is clamped at about 16.5 dB with gain variation of less than 1.0 dB at dynamic range up to −10 dBm. A flat gain is obtained over 30 nm of wavelength range from 1568 to 1598 nm with a gain variation of less than 1.1 dB. At the flat region, the noise figure varies from 5.0 to 5.8 dB, which is slightly higher compared to those of unclamped amplifier. The advantage of this technique is that the FBG laser does not disturb the WDM signals in the flat gain region.     

包层泵浦的L波段Er3+/Yb3+共掺光纤激光器

报道了一种工作波长在L波段的包层泵浦Er³⁺/Yb³⁺共掺光纤环形激光器. 环形腔内的激光工作介质为一段9 m长的Er³⁺/Yb³⁺共掺高掺杂光纤. 利用6个976 nm LD同时抽运前段Er³⁺/Yb³⁺共掺双包层光纤产生的放大自发辐射谱作二次抽运源, 使腔内增义谱由C波段移到L波段, 实现了L波段光纤激光器的稳定输出; 采用包层泵浦技术, 在抽运功率为3594.5 mW时, 测得泵浦入纤功率为2731.8 mW, 实现了输出连续功率最大518.4 mW,斜率效率达到19% 的激光输出; 所形成激光的工作波长为1613.94 nm, 激光光谱的3 dB带宽为1.5 nm, 边模抑制比接近于50 dB.