A sub-metre-long optically-gain-clamped all-fibre amplifier based on a highly-doped Er-Yb-doped phosphate glass fibre of <10 cm length is demonstrated. Optical gain clamping by means of a very short laser cavity results in high insensitivity to channel power transients with only 4% extra pump power penalty. Exploiting all-fibre technology, such a device is very promising for WDM metro network applications.

Transient insensitive all-fibre gain-clamped EDFA based on highly-doped Er:Yb-fibre

SORBELLO, GINO;
2006-01-01

Abstract

A sub-metre-long optically-gain-clamped all-fibre amplifier based on a highly-doped Er-Yb-doped phosphate glass fibre of <10 cm length is demonstrated. Optical gain clamping by means of a very short laser cavity results in high insensitivity to channel power transients with only 4% extra pump power penalty. Exploiting all-fibre technology, such a device is very promising for WDM metro network applications.
2006
Optical-amplifiers; optical-gain-clamping ; erbium-ytterbium-doped optical amplifiers
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