Gain clamping in single-pass and double-pass L-band erbium-doped fiber amplifiers

• Main Authors: Harun, Sulaiman Wadi, Ahmad, Harith
• Format: Article
• Published: De Gruyter Open 2004
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QC Physics; TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/19647/; http://www.physics.sk/aps/pubs/2004/aps-2004-54-1-81.pdf

Gain clamping is demonstrated in single-pass and double-pass long wavelength band erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (L-band EDFAs). A C/L-band wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) coupler is used in single-pass system to generate a laser at 1566 nm. The gain for the amplifier is clamped at 15.5 dB wit...