ASE Spectral Slice Gain-Clamping of EDFA

• Main Authors: Poopalan, Prabakaran, Haoken, Huoermaiti, Tamchek, Nizam, Harun, Sulaiman Wadi, Subramaniam, T., Ahmad, Harith
• Format: Article
• Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 2004
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QC Physics; TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/19655/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/LPT.2004.836756

An erbium-doped fiber amplifier operating in the C-band is gain clamped, at about 26 dB with noise figures below 6 dB by multiple fiber Bragg gratings. These gratings are placed at the amplifier output with center wavelengths in between communication channels so that unwanted amplified spontaneous e...