COMPARISON BETWEEN ERBIUM-DOPED FLUORIDE AND SILICA FIBER AMPLIFIERS IN AN AM-CATV TRANSMISSION-SYSTEM

Authors
IBRAHIM H RONARCH D POPHILLAT L MADANI A MOALIC J GUIBERT M LEROCH J JAFFRE P
Citation
H. Ibrahim et al., COMPARISON BETWEEN ERBIUM-DOPED FLUORIDE AND SILICA FIBER AMPLIFIERS IN AN AM-CATV TRANSMISSION-SYSTEM, IEEE photonics technology letters, 5(5), 1993, pp. 540-543
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE photonics technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10411135
Volume
5
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
540 - 543
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(1993)5:5<540:CBEFAS>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
The interest of the flattened dynamic gain of an erbium-doped fluorozi rconate fiber amplifier is demonstrated in a lightwave CATV system inc luding a 50-channel subcarrier multiplex. Using two analog DFB laser d iodes, one with a relatively high chirp, the other with a very low chi rp, a comparison between amplifiers built with erbium-doped silica and fluoride fiber demonstrates the significant influence of the laser FM response when the spectral dynamic gain of the amplifier is not const ant.