Gain-clamped fibre amplifier using an ASE end reflector

• Main Authors: Mahdi, M.A., Adikan, Faisal Rafiq Mahamd, Poopalan, P., Selvakennedy, S., Chan, W.Y., Ahmad, Harith
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2000
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/4750/; https://doi.org/10.1016/S0030-4018(00)00533-2

All-optical gain clamping in an erbium-doped fibre amplifier is demonstrated using a broadband fibre Bragg grating that reflects the amplified spontaneous emission centred at 1530 nm with a 14 nm bandwidth. Experiments on an eight-channel wavelength division multiplexing system show promise when the...