<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper presents experimental study of the major erbium-doped fibre amplifier (EDFA) features such as gain at low signal and gain saturation by an application of different erbium-doped optical fibres (EDFs). The main objective of the research is to estimate how the performance of EDFA varies depending on the length of doped fibre, pumping configuration scheme, as well as excitation source power. It is shown that a high gain coefficient of 16–20 dB can be practically achieved.</p></abstract>

The paper presents experimental study of the major erbium-doped fibre amplifier (EDFA) features such as gain at low signal and gain saturation by an application of different erbium-doped optical fibres (EDFs). The main objective of the research is to estimate how the performance of EDFA varies depending on the length of doped fibre, pumping configuration scheme, as well as excitation source power. It is shown that a high gain coefficient of 16–20 dB can be practically achieved.

Experimental Measurement of Erbium-Doped Optical Fibre Charecteristics for Edfa Performance Optimization

Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences

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The paper presents experimental study of the major erbium-doped fibre amplifier (EDFA) features such as gain at low signal and gain saturation by an...

Experimental Measurement of Erbium-Doped Optical Fibre Charecteristics for Edfa Performance Optimization

Publié en ligne: 22 mai 2019

Pages: 33 - 41

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/lpts-2019-0011

Mots clés
erbium-doped fibre amplifier, gain coefficient, gain saturation, rare earth doped fibres, pump power

© 2019 I. Lavrinovica et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Experimental Measurement of Erbium-Doped Optical Fibre Charecteristics for Edfa Performance Optimization

Publié en ligne: 22 mai 2019

Pages: 33 - 41

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/lpts-2019-0011

Mots cléserbium-doped fibre amplifier, gain coefficient, gain saturation, rare earth doped fibres, pump power

© 2019 I. Lavrinovica et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Mots clés
erbium-doped fibre amplifier, gain coefficient, gain saturation, rare earth doped fibres, pump power