Gain and Noise Figure Performances of L–Band EDFA with an Injection of C–Band ASE

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sulaiman Wadi Harun ◽  
T. Subramaniam ◽  
Nizam Tamchek ◽  
Harith Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Spontaneous Emission ◽  
Noise Figure ◽  
Amplified Spontaneous Emission ◽  
Fiber Amplifier ◽  
Optical Amplifier ◽  
Injection Technique ◽  
Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier ◽  
Gain Enhancement ◽  
Gain Clamping ◽  
L Band

Kesan suntikan pancaran spontan terkuat (ASE) jalur–C terhadap prestasi jalur–L penguat gentian terdop–erbium (EDFA) ditunjukkan. Sebuah pekeliling dan parutan gentian Bragg lebar jalur luas digunakan untuk menyalurkan ASE jalur–C ke dalam sistem penguat. Dengan penyuntikan sejumlah kecil ASE (20 dB pelemahan dan lebih), gandaan isyarat kecil ditingkatkan tanpa peningkatan nilai hingar berbanding penguat tanpa suntikan ASE. Peningkatan gandaan maksimum adalah sebanyak 3.5 dB dan dicapai semasa pelemahan 20 dB untuk isyarat 1580 nm. Walau bagaimanapun, jika penguat disuntik dengan jumlah ASE yang besar (VOA=0 dB), gandaan penguat didapati mendatar pada 15.2 dB dari –40 hingga –10 dBm dengan variasi gandaan kurang daripada 0.3 dB. Kuasa tepu juga bertambah dari –8 dBm (semasa tiada ASE) kepada 2 dBm (VOA=0 dB) dengan sedikit peningkatan nilai hingar. Keputusan ini menunjukkan bahawa teknik menyuntik ASE boleh digunakan sama ada untuk meningkatkan gandaan atau untuk menetapkan nilai gandaan dalam EDFA jalur–L. Kata kunci: Penetapan gandaan, penguat optik, EDFA jalur-L, penambahan gandaan, pancaran spontan terkuat The effect of injecting conventional band amplified spontaneous emission (C–band ASE) on the performance of long wavelength band erbium–doped fiber amplifier (L–band EDFA) is demonstrated. A circulator and a broadband fiber Bragg grating (FBG) were used to route a C–band ASE into amplifier system. Injection of a small amount of ASE (attenuation of 20 dB and above) improves the small signal gain with a negligible noise figure penalty compared to that of an amplifier without the ASE injection. A maximum gain improvement of 3.5 dB is obtained at an attenuation of 20 dB for signal wavelength of 1580 nm. At very large amount of ASE injection (VOA=0 dB), the gain of the amplifier is clamped at 15.2 dB from –40 to –10 dBm with a gain variation of less than 0.3 dB. The saturation power is also increased from –8 dBm (for without ASE injection) to 2 dBm (VOA=0 dB) with a slight noise figure penalty. These results show that the ASE injection technique can be used either for gain improvement or gain clamping in L–band EDFA. Keywords: Gain clamping, optical amplifier, L-band EDFA, gain enhancement, amplified spontaneous emission

L-BAND EDFA WITH INJECTION OF C-BAND ASE

2004 ◽  
Vol 13 (02) ◽  
pp. 315-319
Author(s):  
S. W. HARUN ◽  
H. AHMAD
Keyword(s):  
Noise Figure ◽  
Fiber Amplifier ◽  
Injection Technique ◽  
Small Signal Gain ◽  
Small Signal ◽  
Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier ◽  
Gain Variation ◽  
Erbium Doped ◽  
Gain Clamping ◽  
L Band

The effect of injecting of C-band amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) from C-band erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) on the performance of L-band EDFA is demonstrated using a circulator and broadband fiber Bragg grating (FBG). Injecting a large amount of ASE (VOA=0 dB) clamps the gain at 15.2 dB from -40 to -10 dBm with a gain variation of less than 0.3 dB. Injecting a small amount of ASE (attenuation of 20 dB and above) improves the small signal gain with a negligible noise figure penalty compared to that of an amplifier without the ASE injection. A maximum gain improvement of 3.5 dB is obtained at an attenuation of 20 dB. These results show that the ASE injection technique can be used either for gain improvement or gain clamping in L-band EDFA.

Gain Enhancement in L–Band EDFA by Splitting EDF into Two Stages

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sulaiman Wadi Harun ◽  
Harith Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Pump Power ◽  
Noise Figure ◽  
Fiber Amplifier ◽  
Optical Amplifier ◽  
Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier ◽  
Gain Enhancement ◽  
Erbium Doped ◽  
Dual Stage ◽  
L Band ◽  
Two Stages

Sebuah esperimen bagi menambah daya pembesaran untuk jalur gelombang panjang (jalur–L) pembesar terdop erbium (PTE) telah didemonstrasi menggunakan reka bentuk yang berbadan dua. Jika dibandingkan dengan pembesar yang berbadan satu, pembesar ini dapat menambah pembesaran untuk isyarat 1580 nm sebanyak 5.5 dB dengan sedikit sahaja penambahan nilai bisingan. Nilai bisingan bertambah sebanyak 0.3 dB kerana kemasukan isolator dalam reka bentuk. Kadar kuasa pam pertama mestilah 33% daripada jumlah keseluruhan kuasa pam untuk nilai optima. Pembesaran maksimum sebanyak 8.3 dB telah diperolehi oleh isyarat 1568 nm semasa kuasa isyarat dan kuasa pam, masing–masing ditetapkan pada 30 dBm dan 92 mW. Keputusan esperimen menunjukkan penggunaan pembesar berbadan dua dapat menjimatkan kos kerana ia menggunakan kuasa pam yang lebih rendah. Kata kunci: Gentian terdop erbium, pembesar optik, pembesar terdop erbium, jalus LPTE An experiment on gain enhancement in the long–wavelength band erbium–doped fiber amplifier (L–band EDFA) is demonstrated using a dual stage configuration. Compared to a conventional single–stage amplifier, the small signal gain for a 1580 nm signal can be improved by 5.5 dB without paying much noise figure penalty. The corresponding noise figure penalty was 0.3 dB due to the insertion loss of the optical isolator. The optimum pump power ratio for the first pump was experimentally determined to be 33%. The maximum gain improvement of 8.3 dB was obtained at a signal wavelength of 1568 nm while signal and total pump powers were fixed at –30 dBm and 92 mW, respectively. These results show that the employment of the dual–stage amplifier system will play an important role in the development of a practical L–band EDFA from the perspective of economical usage of pump power. Key words: Erbium doped fiber, optical amplifier, L-band EDFA, dual-stage EDFA, amlified spontaneous emission

scholarly journals Performance Enhancement in L-Band Edfa Through Dual Stage Technique

1970 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. W. Harun and H. Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Performance Enhancement ◽  
Noise Figure ◽  
Fiber Amplifier ◽  
Optical Amplifier ◽  
Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier ◽  
Long Wavelength ◽  
Gain Enhancement ◽  
Erbium Doped ◽  
Dual Stage ◽  
L Band

An experiment on gain enhancement in the long wavelength band erbium doped fiber amplifier (L-band EDFA) is demonstrated. It uses a dual stage technique with dual forward pumping scheme. Compared to a conventional single stage amplifier, the small signal gain for 1580nm signal can be improved by 5.5dB without paying much noise figure penalty. The corresponding noise figure penalty was 0.3dB due to the insertion loss of the optical isolator. The optimum pump power ratio for the first pump is experimentally determined to be 33%. The maximum gain improvement of 8.3dB was obtained at a signal wavelength of 1568nm while signal and total pump powers were fixed at -30dBm and 92mW, respectively. The employment of dual stage amplifier system seems to play an important role in the development of practical L-band EDFA from the perspective of economical usage of pump power.Key Words:  erbium doped fibre; optical amplifier; L-band EDFA; dual stage EDFA; amplified spontaneous emission

Flattened gain S + C + L Band RAMAN–Thulium-Doped Tellurite Fiber Amplifier Hybrid Optical Amplifier for Super Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing System

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 167-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chakresh Kumar ◽  
Rakesh Goyal
Keyword(s):  
Wavelength Division Multiplexing ◽  
Noise Figure ◽  
Power Level ◽  
Fiber Amplifier ◽  
Optical Amplifier ◽  
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing ◽  
Wavelength Division ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
L Band ◽  
Hybrid Optical Amplifier

Abstract In this paper we have examined the performances of 180×10 Gbps super dense wavelength division multiplexing (SD-WDM) system using the RAMAN–thulium-doped tellurite fiber amplifier (TDTFA) hybrid optical amplifier (HOA) with the channel spacing of 50 GHz in S+C+L band. Accepted rating flattened gain of 39.21 dB with the noise figure less than 5 dB is archived with the dual-pumping ( power level of 500 mW at 980 nm and at 1100 nm for RAMAN optical amplifier and similar, power level of TDTF amplifier is set to 500 mW and 350 mW at 1150 nm) technique. The effect of the proposed hybrid amplifier is evaluated in terms of gain and noise figure without using any coast effective technique. The outcome from the proposed model is also compared here with the existing optical amplifier.

Dual-Stage L-Band Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier for Gain Enhancement

2003 ◽  
Vol 42 (Part 2, No. 2B) ◽  
pp. L173-L175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sulaiman Wadi Harun ◽  
Nizam Tamchek ◽  
Prabakaran Poopalan ◽  
Harith Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Fiber Amplifier ◽  
Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier ◽  
Gain Enhancement ◽  
Erbium Doped ◽  
Dual Stage ◽  
L Band
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