Research on Amplified Spontaneous Emission and Gain of L-Band EDFA
Abstract : Gain characteristics of small signal in L-band Erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) are analyzed with the numerical simulation using Giles model .The results show that the optimal fiber length varies with input signal wavelength , in general , shorter wavelength demands shorter fiber length .7 m and 9 m L-band EDF are employed to construct L-band EDFAs respectively .Evaluation of EDFAs is made by experimental comparision of their amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) spectr , gains and noise figures (NF), and the results show that the fiber length is crucial for proper gain characteristic .On the basis of these numerical , experimental study and also considering their C-band characteristics , optimal ASE spectrum related to the best behavior of L-band signal amplification is presented . 1 Introduction With the advent of the network era, people's demand for information is increasing day by day, and fiber-optic communication has also flourished along the...