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Trade-off between single and double pass amplification schemes of 1480-nm pumped EDFA

✍ Scribed by A. W. Naji; M. S. Z. Abidin; A. M. Kassir; M. H. Al-Mansoori; M. K. Abdullah; M. A. Mahdi


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2004
Tongue
English
Weight
85 KB
Volume
43
Category
Article
ISSN
0895-2477

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Abstract

A practical comparative analysis of single‐pass and double‐pass amplification schemes of 1480‐nm pumped Er^3+^‐doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) is presented in this paper. This comparison is carried out with an input signal from 0 dBm to −40 dBm at 140‐mW pump power. The critical input power of −25 dBm is obtained in order to determine the optimized performance between single‐pass and double‐pass amplifiers. The double‐pass EDFA gives a better performance for small signal powers of less than −25 dBm, while the single‐pass EDFA performs better for higher signal powers of greater than −25 dBm. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 43: 38–40, 2004; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.20368