Automatic Gain Control of Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier by Detecting Spontaneous Emission Power along the Fiber

1 January 1991

proceedings article
Published by Optica Publishing Group

p. FE3
https://doi.org/10.1364/oaa.1991.fe3

Abstract

EDFA gain control is achieved by detecting the spontaneous emission power radiated along the EDF and modulating the pump LDs with optoelectronic feedback.

Keywords

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION
EMISSION
ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS
INTEGRATING SPHERES
SPONTANEOUS EMISSION
ULTRAVIOLET COATINGS

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Theoretical modeling of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers with excited-state absorption
Optics Letters, 1989
Transient gain and cross talk in erbium-doped fiber amplifiers
Optics Letters, 1989