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Structure optimization of a L-band erbium-doped fiber amplifier for 64 optical signal channels of 50 GHz channel spacing

50 GHz 채널 간격의 64 채널 광신호 전송을 위한 L-band EDFA의 구조 최적화

  • Choi, Bo-Hun (Department of Materials Physics, Dong-A University)
  • Received : 2022.09.13
  • Accepted : 2022.10.01
  • Published : 2022.11.30
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Abstract

The structure of a high-power gain-flattened long wavelength band (L-band) optical amplifier was optimized, which was implemented for 64-channel wavelength division multiplexed optical signals with a channel spacing of 50 GHz. The output characteristics of this L-band amplifier were measured and analyzed. The amplifier of the optimized two-stage amplification configuration had a flattened gain of 20 dB within 1 dB deviation between 1570 and 1600 nm for -2 dBm input power condition. The noise figure under this condition was minimized to within 6 dB in the amplification bandwidth. The gain flattening was realized by considering only the characteristics of gain medium in the amplifier without using additional optical or electrical devices. The proposed amplifier consisted of two stages of amplification stages, each of which was based on the erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) structure. The erbium-doped fiber length and pumping structures in each stage of the amplifier were optimized through experiments.

채널 간격이 50 GHz 인 64 채널 파장분할 다중화 광신호를 위한 고출력 이득 평탄화된 L-band 광증폭기의 구조가 최적화되고 이 증폭기의 출력 특성이 측정되었다. 1570 nm 에서 1600 nm 사이에서 그리고 -2 dBm 입력조건 하에서, 최적화된 이단증폭기는 1 dB 오차 내에서 파장에 따른 평탄화된 이득을 가지며 이득 값은 20 dB 였다. 잡음지수는 6 dB 이내로 최소화 되었다. 추가적인 소자의 도움 없이 EDF 의 특성만을 고려하여 이득평탄화가 구현되었다. 증폭기는 2단 증폭단으로 구성되며 각 증폭단은 EDFA 구조를 기본으로 하였다. 각 단에서 EDF의 길이와 펌핑 구조들이 실험을 통해 최적화 되었다.

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Acknowledgement

It was also supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT (NRF-2022R1A2C1004234)

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