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Gain optimization of a two-stage L-band Erbium-doped fiber amplifier in double-pass configuration

S. P. SINGH1, R. GANGWAR2,* , R. TRIPATHI2, N. SINGH2

Affiliation

  1. Physics Department, KNIPSS-Sultanpur (U.P.) India
  2. Department of Electronics & Communication University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India-211002

Abstract

In this contribution, a two stage L-band Erbium-doped fiber amplifier in double-pass configuration is presented. This amplifier provides gain as high as 44 dB with almost 45 nm flat bandwidth in L-band. Erbium-doped fiber of length 15 m is used in first stage and second stage utilizes 70 m Erbium-doped fiber. Pump powers are 52 mW and 143 mW respectively. In comparison to a single-pass amplifier, this amplifier shows a gain enhancement of about 14 dB and noise figure penalty is about 2 dB.

Keywords

L-band, Erbium-doped fiber amplifier and double-pass configuration.

Citation

S. P. SINGH, R. GANGWAR, R. TRIPATHI, N. SINGH, Gain optimization of a two-stage L-band Erbium-doped fiber amplifier in double-pass configuration, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 3, 7, July 2009, pp.641-643 (2009).

Submitted at: June 15, 2009

Accepted at: July 20, 2009