Gain Enhancement in Reflected-Pump Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers

C. R. Giles; J. Stone; L. W. Stulz; K. Walker; K. Walker; C. A. Burrus

doi:10.1364/OAA.1991.ThD2

Optical Amplifiers and Their Applications
Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 1991),
paper ThD2
•https://doi.org/10.1364/OAA.1991.ThD2

Gain Enhancement in Reflected-Pump Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers

C. R. Giles, J. Stone, L. W. Stulz, K. Walker, and C. A. Burrus

Optical Amplifiers and Their Applications 1991

Snowmass Village, Colorado United States
24–26 July 1991
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C. R. Giles, J. Stone, L. W. Stulz, K. Walker, and C. A. Burrus, "Gain Enhancement in Reflected-Pump Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers," in Optical Amplifiers and Their Applications, Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 1991), paper ThD2.

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Abstract

Improved performance of EDFAs is achieved using wavelength-selective reflective filters to double-pass the pump beam. In low-gain amplifiers these filters can increase the saturation output power by 2 dB or reduce the pump power requirements.

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