980 nm band pump wavelength tuning of the gain spectrum of EDFAs

Kevin W. Bennett; Fiona Davis; Paul A. Jakobson; Nigel Jolley; Robert Keys; Mark A. Newhouse; Shou-jong Sheih; Michael J. Yadlowsky

doi:10.1364/OAA.1997.FAW22

Optical Amplifiers and Their Applications
OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics Series (Optica Publishing Group, 1997),
paper FAW22
•https://doi.org/10.1364/OAA.1997.FAW22

980 nm band pump wavelength tuning of the gain spectrum of EDFAs

Kevin W. Bennett, Fiona Davis, Paul A. Jakobson, Nigel Jolley, Robert Keys, Mark A. Newhouse, Shou-jong Sheih, and Michael J. Yadlowsky

Optical Amplifiers and Their Applications 1997

Victoria Canada
ISBN: 1-55752-505-6

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K. W. Bennett, F. Davis, P. A. Jakobson, N. Jolley, R. Keys, M. A. Newhouse, S. Sheih, and M. J. Yadlowsky, "980 nm band pump wavelength tuning of the gain spectrum of EDFAs," in Optical Amplifiers and Their Applications, M. Zervas, A. Willner, and S. Sasaki, eds., Vol. 16 of OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics Series (Optica Publishing Group, 1997), paper FAW22.

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Abstract

We report 2-3 dB changes in the gain spectra of EDFAs in response to nanometer changes in pump wavelength within the 980 nm pump band. The pump wavelength induced gain changes are characterized and several techniques are presented to use them to improve the gain flatness of EDFAs.

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