Optimization of a dual pumped L-band erbium-doped fiber amplifier by genetic algorithm

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3824-3829

  Cheng, Cheng ^a   Xiao, Min ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual pump; Erbium doped fiber amplifier (EDFA); Genetic algorithm; L band; Radial effects

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTIMIZATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

DUAL PUMPED WAVELENGTHS; ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIER; FIBER LENGTHS; GAIN PEAK WAVELENGTH; NOISE FIGURE; RADIAL EFFECTS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 33750223553     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2006.881476     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Y. B. Lu, P. L. Chu, A. Alphones, and P. Shum, "A 105-nm ultrawideband gain-flattened amplifier combining C- and L-band dual-core EDFAs in a parallel configuration," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., vol. 16, no. 7, pp. 1640-1642, Jul. 2004.
2. B. H. Choi, H. H. Park, and M. J. Chu, "New pump wavelength of 1540-nm band for long-wavelength- band erbium-doped fiber amplifier (L-band EDFA)," IEEE J. Quantum Electron., vol. 39, no. 10, pp. 1272-1280, Oct 2003.
3. E. R. M. Taylor, L. N. Ng, L. Nilsson et al., "Thulium-doped tellurite fiber amplifier," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 777-779, Mar. 2004.
4. L. N. Ng, E. R. Taylor, and J. Nilsson, "795 nm and 1064 nm dual pump thulium-doped tellurite fiber for S-band amplification," Electron Lett., vol. 38, no. 21, pp. 1246-1247, Oct. 2002.
5. A. S. L. Gomes, M. T. Carvalho, and M. L. Sundheimer, "Comparison of distributed gain in two dual-wavelength pumping schemes for thulium-doped fiber amplifiers," Electron Lett., vol. 39, no. 8, pp. 647-648, Apr. 2003.
6. C. R. Giles and E. Desurvire, "Modeling erbium-doped fiber amplifiers," J. Lightw. Technol., vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 271-283, Feb. 1991.
7. 3+-doped phosphate glass waveguide amplifiers," J. Opt. Soc. Amer. B, Opt. Phys., vol. 14, no. 7, pp. 1838-1845, Jul. 1997.
8. Y. Q. Li and M. Cui, The Theories and Technologies of Optical Waveguides. Beijing, China: The People Post Office Press, 2001, pp. 150-151. (in Chinese).
9. C. Cheng, Z. J. Xu, and C. H. Sui, "A novel design method: A genetic algorithm applied to an erbium-doped fiber amplifier," Opt. Commun., vol. 227, no. 4, pp. 371-382, Nov. 2003.
10. C. Cheng, "A global design of an erbium-doped fiber and an erbium-doped fiber amplifier," Opt. Laser Technol., vol. 36, no. 8, pp. 607-612, Nov. 2004.
11. W. J. Miniscalco, "Erbium-doped glasses for fiber amplifiers at 1500 nm," J. Lightw. Technol., vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 234-250, Feb. 1991.
12. 3+-doped soda lime silicate and aluminosilicate glasses," Opt. Lett., vol. 22, no. 11, pp. 772-774, Jun. 1997.