Effect of Cascading Amplification Stages on the Performance of Serial Hybrid Fiber Amplifier

被引:14
作者
Ali, M. H. [1 ,2 ]
Abdullah, F. [1 ]
Jamaludin, M. Z. [1 ]
Al-Mansoori, M. H. [3 ]
Abass, A. K. [1 ]
Al-Mashhadani, T. F. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Tenaga Nas, Coll Engn, Ctr Photon Technol, Kajang 43000, Selangor, Malaysia
[2] Minist Sci & Technol, Rewnable Energy Ctr, Baghdad, Iraq
[3] Sohar Univ, Fac Engn, Sohar, Oman
关键词
wideband amplifier; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Raman amplifier; serial hybrid fiber amplifier; gain saturation; OPTICAL AMPLIFIER; PUMP; EFFICIENCY;
D O I
10.1080/01468030.2015.1061621
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
This study demonstrates simulation and experimental validation of a wideband serial hybrid Raman/erbium-doped fiber amplifier. Two configurations are adopted; in type A, a Raman amplifier is the first stage, and in type B, an erbium-doped fiber amplifier is the first stage. At low input signal power, the average gain level is 20 dB with a flat gain bandwidth of 40 nm for both configurations. The noise figure in type B is dominated by the erbium-doped fiber amplifier and produces lower values and flatter spectra than in type A. The gain of the proposed hybrid amplifiers is affected more by the second amplification stage.
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页码:157 / 170
页数:14
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