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L-band all-optical gain-clamped erbium-doped fiber amplifier via ASE reflection technique

✍ Scribed by Hao Zhang; Qingying Dou; Yanli Jin; Tuan Guo; Lihui Liu; Yange Liu; Shuzhong Yuan; Xiaoyi Dong

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2006
Tongue: English
Weight: 94 KB
Volume: 48
Category: Article
ISSN: 0895-2477
DOI: 10.1002/mop.21496

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Abstract

We present an L‐band all‐optical gain‐clamped erbium‐doped fiber amplifier with a fiber‐loop mirror as the ASE reflector. By using the combination of a C/L‐band wavelength division multiplexer (WDM) and fiber‐loop mirror, the backward C‐band amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) is reflected back into the erbium‐doped fiber and works as the control light. The static gain level of this amplifier can be adjusted by changing the ASE feedback. The experimental results show that the EDFA gain can be effectively clamped via this ASE reflection technique. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 48: 852–854, 2006; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.21496

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