Gain-control hybrid Raman fiber amplifier/EDFA incorporating ring cavity with a single pump source

A. Ahmad; M. I. Md Ali; A. K. Zamzuri; M. A. Mahdi

doi:10.1117/12.691535

3 October 2006 Gain-control hybrid Raman fiber amplifier/EDFA incorporating ring cavity with a single pump source

A. Ahmad, M. I. Md Ali, A. K. Zamzuri, M. A. Mahdi

Proceedings Volume 6353, Optical Transmission, Switching, and Subsystems IV; 635321 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.691535
Event: Asia-Pacific Optical Communications, 2006, Gwangju, South Korea

Abstract

All-optical gain-control Raman fiber amplifier (RFA) based on ring cavity technique using a pair of circulators is investigated experimentally. A pair of 1465nm laser diodes is used as the pump source to the RFA which provides a gain peak at around 1565 nm. The analyses of gain and noise figure are carried out using lasing wavelengths of 1550 and 1565 nm. Gain and noise figure variations are 0.4 and 0.5 dB respectively. We observed strong influence of pump-signal relative intensity noise transfer that results in noise figure penalty. The analyses are also carried out on hybrid configuration of RFA and EDFA and the characteristics of the dynamic range of the configurations are being compared.

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A. Ahmad, M. I. Md Ali, A. K. Zamzuri, and M. A. Mahdi "Gain-control hybrid Raman fiber amplifier/EDFA incorporating ring cavity with a single pump source", Proc. SPIE 6353, Optical Transmission, Switching, and Subsystems IV, 635321 (3 October 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.691535

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