All optical gain-locking in erbium-doped fiber amplifiers usingdouble-pass superfluorescence

All optical gain-locking in an erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) is demonstrated. A double-pass superfluorescence is created by using a broad-band fiber reflector centered at 1530 nm at the output of the EDFA, to lock the gain at 21 dB. Experiments on an eight-channel wavelength-division-multiplexing system shows promise with gain variation between channels of less than 0.6 dB over the input signal power range. While, gain variation with input signal power is about 0.2 dB for all channels     

Applications of active arrayed-waveguide gratings in dynamic WDMnetworking and routing

We describe how active arrayed-waveguide gratings (AWGs) may find a diverse range of applications in future dynamic wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) networking and routing. Our initial simulations indicate that these applications include dynamic signal power and erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) gain equalization with a dynamic range of 12 dB, and interchannel amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) suppression by more than 20 dB; optical add/drop multiplexing with passband-flattened channels and suppressions of 15 dB; and dynamic dispersion compensation of up to ±300 ps/nm     

Fluoride-based erbium-doped fiber amplifier with inherently flat gain spectrum

We successfully developed a fluoride-based Er/sup 3+/-doped fiber amplifier (F-EDFA). An average signal gain of 26 dB was achieved for 8 channel wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) signals in the 1532-1560 nm wavelength region with a gain excursion of less than 1.5 dB at an input signal power of -20 dBm per channel. Furthermore, we studied the amplification characteristics of the F-EDFA for WDM signals. The following experimental results were obtained. (1) For an 8-channel WDM signal in the 1532 to 1560 nm wavelength region, the gain excursion between channels can be suppressed to within 1.5 dB. However, the wavelength region allowing a gain excursion of 1.5 dB, is between 1536-1560 nm for the silica-based Er/sup 3+/-doped fiber amplifier. (2) F-EDFAs have a flat gain region between 1534-1542 nm. The gain excursion of this region is less than 0.2 dB for WDM signals.     

多波长抽运C+L波段喇曼放大器的数值模拟与分析

为了合理地设计出宽带分布式光纤喇曼放大器系统,采用理论分析与数值模拟相结合的方法,对前向抽运方式的喇曼耦合方程进行数值仿真,获得了合适的抽运源波长,从而实现了分布式喇曼光纤放大器的带宽为80nm(1530nm～1610nm).在抽运功率均匀分配的情况下,对80个信道的信号进行分布式放大,分析了不同信号、抽运功率沿光纤的...     

用于S波段光纤拉曼放大器增益平坦的长周期光纤光栅设计

根据实际所测得的S波段光纤拉曼放大器的信号增益谱,通过对长周期光纤光栅具体参数的选定,由两个长周期光纤光栅级联滤波的组合,可以使增益图谱在50 nm(1485-1535 nm)带宽内,增益平坦度达到±0.6dB以内.由三个长周期光纤光栅级联滤波组合,可以使增益图谱在49 nm(1490-1539 nm)带宽内,增益平坦度达到0.5 dB, 55 nm(1485-1540 nm)带宽内,增益平坦度达到1 dB.这对扩大长周期光纤光栅增益平坦滤波器的运用范围,扩大单泵浦S波段光纤拉曼放大器的有效增益带宽有着积极的意义.     

多泵浦增益平坦光子晶体拉曼光纤放大器

针对密集波分复用光纤通信系统中拉曼光纤放大器增益及增益谱平坦问题,提出一种采用4个泵浦光的多泵浦方式在光子晶体光纤不同位置处注入两种不同波长泵浦光的组合方式来获得拉曼光纤放大器增益更大、增益谱更加平坦的方法。这种组合方式在拉曼光纤放大器中使得光信号实现了前段放大、后段补偿,从而在拉曼光纤放大器输出端获得高增益和较平坦增益谱。模拟的结果表明:平均增益可达:26.5 dB,增益平坦度为0.046 dB。     

Gain clamping in two-stage L-band EDFA using a broadband FBG

A gain-clamped long wavelength band erbium-doped fiber amplifier (L-band EDFA) with an improved gain characteristic is demonstrated by simply adding a broadband conventional band (C-band) fiber Bragg grating (FBG) in a two-stage amplifier system. The FBG reflects backward C-band amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) from the second stage back into the system to clamp the gain. The gain is clamped at about 22.4 dB with a gain variation below 0.4 dB for input signal powers of -40 to -15 dBm. Compared with an unclamped amplifier of similar noise figure values, the small signal gain has improved by 2.4 dB due to the FBG which blocks the backward propagating ASE. At wavelengths from 1570 to 1600 nm, gain of the clamped amplifier varies from 19.4 to 26.7 dB. The corresponding noise figure varies by /spl plusmn/0.35 dB around 5 dB, which is not much different compared to that of the unclamped amplifier.     

Automatic design scheme for optical-fiber Raman amplifiersbackward-pumped with multiple laser diode pumps

A simulated annealing algorithm is adopted to give an automatic pump configuration in laser-diode backward-pumped-distributed fiber Raman amplifiers. The demonstration of the optimization process of wavelengths and powers in an optical-fiber Raman amplifier using four laser-diode pumps is presented. The resulting gain ripple is less than 2.6 dB in respect to the 30 dB average gain in the amplification bandwidth of more than 50 nm (64 signal channels). The algorithm can be practically applied to the desired signal channel number and gain profile     

一种宽带放大器用掺铒碲酸盐玻璃光纤的增益特性

研制了一种新型掺铒碲酸盐玻璃TeO2-ZnO-Na2O-Bi2O3,利用Judd-Ofelt和McCumber理论计算了Er3 离子的强度参数、自发辐射几率、吸收截面和发射截面等光谱参数.应用四能级粒子数速率-光功率传输方程模型,研究了以该掺铒碲酸盐玻璃光纤作为增益介质时光纤放大器的增益特性,模型综合考虑了Er3 离子的能量上转移、交叉驰豫、激发态吸收和放大自发辐射噪声.模拟结果显示,研制的碲酸盐玻璃光纤具有高的信号增益和宽的增益谱特性,在200 mW泵浦功率和多波长信号(-30 dBm× 56 channels)同时输入情形下,最大信号增益和20 dB增益带宽分别超过了40 dB和80 nm,增益谱覆盖了C L波段区域,预示这是一种较为理想的可用于宽带放大的增益介质.同时得出,碲酸盐玻璃光纤结构参数的选择对其增益特性具有重要影响.     

Amplification Effect on Rayleigh Scattering and SBS in 25 km Distributed Fiber Raman Amplifier

The amplification effect on stimulated Brillouin scattering （SBS） and Rayleigh scattering in the backward pumped G652 fibers Raman amplifier have been researched. The signal source is a tunable narrow spectral bandwidth （〈10 MHz） ECL laser and is pumped by the tunable power 1427.2 nm fiber Raman laser. The Rayleigh scattering lines are amplified by fiber Raman amplifier, and Stokes stimulated Brillouin scattering lines are amplified by fiber Raman amplifier and fiber Brillouin amplifier. The SBS lines total gain is a production of the gain of Raman and the gain of Brillouin amplifier. In experiment, the gain of SBS is about 42 dB and the saturation gain of 25 Ion G652 backward FRA is about 25 dB, so the gain of fiber Brillouin amplifier is about 17 dB.     

高功率双包层掺镱光纤放大器

为满足高功率激光系统末级功率提升的要求,研制了高功率光纤放大器,它采用双包层掺Yb3＋光纤作为增益介质,利用泵浦合束器进行泵浦的级联放大。通过有效的热管理及输出稳定技术,对于大信号1053nm波长的输入光,该光纤放大器的增益大于22dB;采用增益均衡技术,20nm带宽范围内增益平坦度小于2dB。     

Er3+-doped fiber amplifier pumped by 0.98 μm laserdiodes

The performance of an Er³⁺-doped fiber amplifier pumped by 0.98 μm InGaAs laser diodes (LDs) is reported. By using a fiber with low Er³⁺ content and optimizing the fiber length, a maximum signal gain of 37.8 dB at 30-mW pump power was realized at a signal wavelength of 1.536 μm. A maximum gain coefficient of 1.9 dB/mW at 14 mW pump power was achieved. It was found that the fiber amplifier pumped by the 0.98-μm LDs is twice as efficient as that pumped by 1.48-μm LDs, from the viewpoint of both required fiber length and the attained gain     

Noise performance of erbium-doped fiber amplifier pumped at 1.49μm, and application to signal preamplification at 1.8 Gbit/s

Direct measurements of the noise figure of an erbium-doped fiber amplifier are described. With an amplifier gain as high as 36 dB, a noise figure as low as 4.1 dB was measured. Noise figures remained below 6 dB for signal wavelengths within the high gain (G>20 dB) region of the amplifier. An optical receiver sensitivity of -43 dBm at 1.8 Gb/s, corresponding to 215 photons/b, was achieved using the fiber amplifier as an optical preamplifier for a direct detection receiver     

Transmission edge filters for power equalization of EDFA's

We propose and demonstrate the use of transmission edge filters based on apodized linearly chirped fiber Bragg gratings for providing power equalization among different wavelength channels in an erbium-doped fiber amplifier module. The filters we fabricated provide a dynamic range of ≈13 dB, an amplitude variation of ±0.5 dB from an ideal linear edge, and negligible group delay in transmission. Using the grating filters, we demonstrate power equalization, with no observed variation in signal levels after compensation, for three WDM signals having >6-dB difference in power levels before amplification. Our technique can also be extended to provide active power equalization by incorporating a feedback loop     

Low-noise intelligent cladding-pumped L-band EDFA

We present results on a low-cost cladding-pumped L-band amplifier based on side pumping (GTWave) fiber technology and pumped by a single 980-nm multimode diode. We show that simultaneous noise reduction and transient suppression can be achieved by using gain clamping by a seed signal (/spl lambda/=1564 nm). In the gain-clamping regime, the amplifier exhibits 30-dB gain over 1570-1605-nm spectral band with noise figure below 7 dB. The noise figure can be further reduced to below 5 dB by utilizing a low power single-mode pump at 980 nm. The erbium-doped fiber amplifier is relatively insensitive to input signal variations with power excursions below 0.15 dB for a 10-dB channel add-drop.     

全光纤结构高增益脉冲光纤放大器的实验研究

为了探讨多级级联掺镱光纤放大器的脉冲放大特性,采用主振功率放大技术(MOPA),实验研究了3级级联、全光纤结构的高增益脉冲激光放大器。通过优化各放大级增益光纤的长度和抽运光功率的大小,在保证高放大增益的同时,抑制了掺镱光纤中自发辐射光的自生激光振荡,并对第2放大级进行了结构优化。在脉冲激光放大过程中实现了中心波长1064nm、脉冲宽度19ns、重复频率5kHz、峰值功率3.8kW、总放大增益达43.8dB的稳定激光输出。同时,制作完成了1台结构紧凑、全光纤结构的脉冲光纤放大器样机,对重复频率1Hz的低频脉冲信号进行了放大实验,也得到了43.2dB的输出信号增益。结果表明,本脉冲光纤放大器对低频脉冲信号有很好的放大效果。     

基于小信号放大的掺铒光纤放大器的仿真与实验北大核心CSCD

本文研究并设计了一种掺铒光纤放大器,该EDFA能够有效对微弱光信号功率进行放大。首先在OptiSystem环境下进行理论数值仿真优化,根据仿真优化结果对现有光路进行改进。为对比两种掺杂浓度光纤的增益特性,本文进行低掺光纤和高掺光纤仿真与实验,发现高掺光纤优势较大,选用高掺光纤增益系数可达34.2 dB。相较传统EDFA,选择的高掺光纤长度仅为传统光纤长度的十分之一,并且可以保证增益系数在34 dB以上;其次在缩短光纤长度的条件下对-40 dBm的信号产生较大增益,利用改进的插值法计算测量得到的噪声系数更加精确,较传统放大器低0.3 dB左右,实现较低噪声系数和较高增益。基于以上优点,该放大器已应用于信号光的前置放大系统,对小信号光具有良好的放大效果。     

基于混合集成的高增益光接收模块北大核心

针对光载无线通信(RoF)系统对高增益、小型化光接收模块(ROSA)的需求,基于混合集成技术,设计并制作了一种高增益的四通道ROSA器件,尺寸为20.0 mm×14.0 mm×5.9 mm。模块内集成了低噪声放大器(LNA)芯片以提高射频信号增益,建立了射频信号传输电路,并对器件特性进行了仿真分析。经测试,器件的射频信号增益达14 dB,-3 dB带宽为23 GHz,在1550 nm波长的入射光下,器件的响应度为0.81 A/W,相邻信道之间的射频信号串扰小于-40 dB。该模块对于减小RoF系统的体积和功耗具有重要意义。     

Gain equalization of EDFA's with Bragg gratings

Flat-gain amplifiers are needed to ensure proper amplification of every channel in wavelength-division-multiplexed communication systems. Such amplifiers can be realized by combining a precisely tailored filter with an erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA). In this letter, we show that Bragg gratings can lead to accurate EDFA gain equalization. Reflection and transmission gratings have been used to demonstrate gain equalization over 32 nm with excursion inferior to ±0.1 and ±0.3 dB, respectively. A maximum 0.04-dB noise-figure penalty results from this process. By extension, Bragg gratings could also equalize the gain of any arbitrary gain profile, over any arbitrary bandwidth     

Influence of reflected light on erbium-doped fiber amplifiers foroptical AM video signal transmission systems

Investigates experimentally the influence of reflected light on an erbium-doped fiber amplifier for use in optical AM frequency-division multiplexing (FDM) video distribution systems when reflection points exist before and after the amplifier. It is found that amplifier distortion is not affected by reflected light but that the signal gain and the noise figure of the fiber amplifier degrade with increased reflectivity. Gain was decreased by 3 dB when reflectivity after the amplifier was -12 dB. It was theoretically and experimentally clarified that the noise figure degradation was related to the internal reflection of the erbium-doped fiber, in addition to the reflection before and after the fiber amplifier. This internal reflection is caused by input signal light scattered within the erbium-doped fiber