Dual-stage l-band erbium-doped fiber amplified with distributed pumping from single pump laser

A dual-stage L-band erbium-doped fiber amplifier with a flat gain bandwidth over 36 nm is demonstrated using pump distribution technique. The pump power was distributed to two stages depending on the splitting ratio and the length of erbium-doped fiber that was used for this configuration. Both para...

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Main Authors: Md. Yusoff, Nelidya, Abas, Ahmad Fauzi, Hitam, Salasiah, Mahdi, Mohd. Adzir
Format: Article
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/46834/
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2011.11.086
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Summary:A dual-stage L-band erbium-doped fiber amplifier with a flat gain bandwidth over 36 nm is demonstrated using pump distribution technique. The pump power was distributed to two stages depending on the splitting ratio and the length of erbium-doped fiber that was used for this configuration. Both parameters are the key components for achieving a substantially flat gain response throughout the L-band region ranging from 1570 nm to 1605 nm. Although the input signal power was varied from − 30 dBm to 0 dBm, gain of 17 dB with slight variations of less than 1.5 dB and a noise figure of less than 6.7 dB were achieved. All the results obtained show better performances when comparison was made with the conventional single-stage L-band optical amplifier.