BIDIRECTIONAL TRANSMISSION USING AN ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIER WITHOUT OPTICAL ISOLATORS

Authors
VANDEVENTER MO KONING OJ
Citation
Mo. Vandeventer et Oj. Koning, BIDIRECTIONAL TRANSMISSION USING AN ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIER WITHOUT OPTICAL ISOLATORS, IEEE photonics technology letters, 7(11), 1995, pp. 1372-1374
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE photonics technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10411135
Volume
7
Issue
11
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1372 - 1374
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(1995)7:11<1372:BTUAEF>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
We present bidirectional transmission experiments with an erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) without optical isolators. It is shown that th e amplifier does not increase the bidirectional crosstalk from Rayleig h backscattering, provided that the gain of the amplifier is smaller t han the transmission losses of the fibers connected to it.