EDFA研究的新进展

探讨了掺铒光纤放大嚣(EDFA)新发展的3个方向：从C-波段扩展到L-波段和S-波段；铒离子与其他稀土元素共掺；多波段级联构成组合光纤放大嚣。按实现方式的不同，对几种典型的新型EDFA从原理、结构、特性和发展现状等方面进行了分析。     

基于光纤环形镜的L-波段掺铒光纤放大器增益的提高

提出了一种基于光纤环形镜作为反射器的反射式L-波段掺铒光纤放大器(EDFA)结构。光纤环形镜不但可以反射后向放大自发辐射(ASE)作为二次抽运源，而且还可以反射信号，使信号得到二次放大。当抽运功率为115mW时。在1570～1605nm波长范围内，反射式L-波段掺铒光纤放大器的平坦小信号增益达到29．14dB，与前向抽运方式L-波段掺铒光纤放大器相比(保持平坦性不变)。增益提高了5．33dB。分别输入波长为1580nm和1600nm的信号，反射式L-波段掺铒光纤放大器的饱和输出功率为7．63和7．6dBm．与前向抽运方式L-波段掺铒光纤放大器相比分别提高了2．98和3dB。     

铋镓铝共掺的高浓度掺铒光纤及放大器

研制出了铋镓铝共掺的高浓度掺铒光纤,这种掺铒光纤在1 530 nm处的吸收系数达到了28.5 dB/m.利用这种铋镓铝共掺的高浓度掺铒光纤制成了C波段和L波段的掺铒光纤放大器(EDFA),测试这两种放大器的荧光谱和增益谱线.利用2.5 m的高浓度掺铒光纤制作的C波段EDFA就实现了高增益.利用10 m这种掺铒光纤制作的L波段放大器实现了有效的I波段放大.     

基于单个光纤光栅反射技术的高性能L波段EDFA

基于单个光纤光栅反射技术提出一种高性能L波段EDFA。用一个光纤布拉格光栅(FBG)反射EDFA产生的一部分C波段放大自发辐射(ASE)噪声,该部分ASE噪声被重新注入到掺铒光纤中以提高增益效率。用静态均衡器平坦输出的增益谱,在L波段范围内,增益被箝制在25.5dB,增益不平坦度小于0.5dB,噪声指数小于5.5dB,为DWDM系统提供了一项有效的解决方案。     

L波段EDFA的仿真和实验

文章介绍了L波段掺铒光纤放大器(EDFA)的理论模型，并根据L波段EDFA的实验结果对理论模型进行了验证，实验结果和理论分析相吻合．     

长波段掺铒光纤放大器的设计新方案

本文较为全面的阐述了近几年来国内外对长波段掺铒光纤放大器(L—band EDFA)的研究情况，从设计EDFA最主要的技术关键—铒光纤与泵浦源两方面分析了其工作原理，总结出新的设计思路与方案，并提出了一些新的研究点。同时，也分析、介绍了一些结构新颖的宽带(C L band)EDFA。     

掺铒光纤放大器

阐述掺铒光纤放大器(EDFA)的原理和结构，介绍掺铒光纤放大器在密集波分复用(DWDM)传输系统中的应用，掺铒光纤放大器的优缺点以及发展前景。     

温度对L波段EDFA增益斜率影响的实验研究

实用的L波段EDFA(掺铒光纤放大器)常采用多段铒纤和多泵浦的复杂结构。对一种复杂结构的L波段EDFA的温度特性进行了实验研究,发现在不同的输入光功率下,L波段短波侧(约1 570～1 582nm)的增益谱可按相反的方式随温度而变化,并从理论上解释了此现象。实验结果表明,铒纤的温度和增益斜率之间仍然存在很好的线性关系。控制铒纤温度就可以调整L波段EDFA的增益斜率,获得平坦的增益。     

57nm的低噪声宽带掺铒光纤放大器

采用双级级联单程放大实现高增益、低噪声的C波段掺铒光纤放大器(EDFA)；采用双级级联双程放大实现高增益、超平坦的L波段EDFA。在此基础上，采用并联结构实现了30dB以上的高增益、3dB带宽为57nm的低噪声宽带EDFA。     

采用Sagnac反馈环的高效率宽带L-波段放大自发辐射源

采用掺铒光纤在L-波段的放大自发辐射(ASE)构成的宽带光信号源在光纤传感、器件测试等方面有着广泛的应用需求,而抽运转换是制作这种光源的关键技术之一.基于C-波段放大自发辐射对L-波段信号具有二次抽运作用的机理,在光纤的一端采用Sagnac反馈环将输出的C-波段放大自发辐射反馈回到掺铒光纤中,这些被反馈的C-波段放大自发辐射像注入的信号光一样消耗上能级粒子数而受到放大并沿光纤的同一方向传输,同时成为L-波段放大自发辐射的抽运源.由于Sagnac反馈环减少了泄漏的C-波段放大自发辐射功率,因而抽运转换效率大大提高.实验中,在不加平坦滤波器的情况下,在125 mW 980 nm抽运光输入时输出L-波段放大自发辐射宽谱功率达到14 dBm,抽运转换效率(PCE)达到20%,1 dB带宽达到31.1 nm(1568.9～1600 nm),获得了高转换效率且宽带平坦的L-波段放大自发辐射谱输出.     

Improvement of gain and noise figure in double-pass L-band EDFA by incorporating a fiber Bragg grating

An obvious improvement on both the gain and noise figure (NF) is demonstrated in the new double-pass L-band erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) with incorporating a fiber Bragg grating (FBG). Compared with the conventional L-band EDFAs, the gain is improved by about 6 dB in the new configuration for a 1580-nm signal with an input power of -30 dBm at 60 mW of 980-nm pump power. It is important that the NF is greatly reduced in the new configuration, as the FBG greatly compresses the backward amplified spontaneous emission. For the economical utility of pump power and erbium-doped fiber length, such a configuration may be a very competitive candidate in the practical applications of L-band EDFAs.     

Gain clamping in L-band erbium-doped fiber amplifier using a fiberBragg grating

A gain-clamping technique for the long wavelength band (L-band) erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) is presented. It uses a single fiber Bragg grating (FBG) on the input side of erbium-doped fiber (EDF) to inject a portion of backward conventional band (C-band) amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) back into the system. The use of a narrow-band (NB) FBG has shown a better performance in clamped-gain level and noise figure compared to a broad-band FBG. The amplifier gain for the NB FBG set up is clamped at 15.4 dB with a variation of less than 0.3 dB for an input power as high as 0 dBm     

Experimental optimisation of central wavelength and bandwidth of reflective FBG for efficiency improvement of low-noise L-band EDFAs

Operation of L-band erbium-doped fibre amplifiers (EDFAs) incorporating a reflective amplified spontaneous emission filter (fibre Bragg grating (FBG)) was emulated with a tunable source. The experimental optimisation of the FBG bandwidth and central wavelength led to a low noise (<5.2 dB) 20 dBm single-pumped WDM EDFA.     

Effective suppression of signal-wavelength dependent transients in a pump-controlled L-band EDFA

Typical pump-controlled L-band erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) in a feed-forward scheme give significant transients due to gain difference on wavelength of input signal when only a few channels are left. The fiber Bragg grating added pump-controlled L-band EDFA eliminates the wavelength dependent gain difference and transients.     

基于光纤环形镜的增益平坦L波段掺铒光纤放大器优化设计

L波段掺铒光纤放大器（EDFA）的增益介质具有本征增益平坦特性，但平坦增益值低，放大器实用性差，因此对放大器优化设计提高平坦增益有十分重要的意义。使用光纤环形镜（FLM）作为增益平坦滤波器进行L波段掺铒光纤放大器的增益平坦化实验，实现了高增益值的平坦输出。     

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.     

L-band EDFA泵浦转换效率提高的实验研究

研究C—band种籽光对L—band EDFA泵浦转换效率的影响，实验表明，在L—band EDFA中注入C—band种籽光时，可以有效提高泵浦转换效率。     

L-波段掺铒光纤放大器的优化设计

针对L-band的泵浦效率不高的缺点改进了光链路:在EDFA的前端加入一个光纤环行镜用来反射铒纤产生的后向放大自发发射谱(ASE),通过实验和数值分析发现,在较大的波长范围内光纤环形镜(FLM)可以反射后向ASE的能量,平均增益在12．5 dB以上,提高了泵浦效率,证明这一结构对提高L-band EDEA的转换效率是简单有效的。