• 전자공학회논문지A
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• 제30A권5호
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• pp.45-51
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• 1993

An erbium doped fiber amplifier(EDFA) pumped by aingle 1.48$\mu$m LD was fabricated, and its gain and noise characteristics were measured. As a signal source, 1548 nm wavelength DFB LD was used. The small signal net gain of the EDFA module was 21.8 dB with maximum gain coefficient 0.7dB/mW for the erbium fiber length of 17.6 m, the pump power of 58 mW, and an input signal power of -25 dBm, respectively. The saturation power of the EDFA was 1 dBm for the input signal power of -5 dBm and the noise figure, measured by using an optical spectrum analyzer, was 5.8 dB for the input signal power of -40 dBm.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.298-304
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• 2010

The pair-induced quenching (PIQ) effect in a highly doped bismuth oxide-based erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) was theoretically and experimentally investigated. In the theoretical investigation, the bismuth oxide-based EDFA was modeled as a 6-level amplifier system that incorporated clustering-induced concentration quenching, cooperative up-conversion, pump excited state absorption (ESA), and signal ESA. The relative number of paired ions in a highly doped bismuth oxide EDF was estimated to be ~6.02%, determined by a comparison between the theoretical and the experimentally measured gain values. The impacts of the PIQ on the gain and the noise figure were also investigated.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.139-146
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• 2001

This paper presents a study on heat transfer and residual distortion analysis of laser welded EDFA(Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier) LD(Laser Diode) Pump using the finite element method. In the production process of LD Pump in light-wave communication system, ferrule and saddle are welded by Nd-YAG laser. These parts experience thermal and mechanical effect during heating and cooling cycle with the laser welding. Thus distortion happens in the laser-welded packaging, and it makes an error in detecting the light signal translate through optical fiber in LD Pump. The amount of final displacement produced by the laser welding is predicted using the finite element method. And the optimal shape of saddle is proposed with the results of numerical analyses to minimize the displacement.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.141-146
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• 2021

We have evaluated the suppression effect of atmospheric-turbulence-induced optical scintillation in terrestrial free-space optical (FSO) communication systems using a gain-saturated erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA). The variation of EDFA output signal power has been measured with different amounts of gain saturation and modulation indices of the optical input signal. From the measured results, we have found that the peak-to-peak power variation was decreased drastically below 2 kHz of modulation frequency, in both 3-dB and 6-dB gain compression cases. Then, the power spectral density (PSD) of optical scintillation has been calculated with Butterworth-type transfer function. In the calculation, different levels of atmospheric-turbulence-induced optical scintillation have been taken into account with different values of the Butterworth cut-off frequency. Finally, the suppression effect of optical scintillation has been estimated with the measured frequency response of the EDFA and the calculated PSD of the optical scintillation. From our estimated results, the atmospheric-turbulence-induced optical scintillation could be suppressed efficiently, as long as the EDFA were operated in a deeply gain-saturated region.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.181-185
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• 1998

에르븀 첨가 광섬유 증폭기(EDFA)를 제작하여 장거리 전송 시의 이득, 신호대 잡음비와 대역을 측정하였다. 이득 \ulcorner탄화 되지 않은 EDFA를 recirculating loop에 넣어 장거리 전송 실험을 한 결과 EDFA 20회 통과시에는 3dB 이득 변화를 보이는 대역이 6nm이다. 반면에 이득 평탄화 된 EDFA는 1dB 이득 대역이 22nm 이며, EDFA 100회 통과시에 9nm대역이 5dB 이내에 들게 되어 여러 파장을 동시에 초장거리 전송 할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.209-212
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• 1997

실리카가 주 매질인 에르븀 첨가 광증폭기의 1545-1557 nm의 파장 영역에서 이득 스펙트럼 특성과 EDFA를 여러 번 통과하면서 누적되는 특성을 측정, 분석하였다. 파장에 따른 이득 차이가 최소인 이득은 에르븀 첨가 광섬유의 길이가 정해지면 단일하게 결정되고(G$_{0}$), 이득 불균일의 정도는 동작 이득이 G일 때 G$_{0}$-G에 거의 비례하며 비례상수는 0.1~0.2 dB/dB의 값을 갖는다. 에르븀 첨가 광증폭기를 여러 번 지날 때 파장에 따른 이득불균일 및 신호대 잡음비 불균일은 계속 누적되며, 그 양은 통과한 EDFA의 수에 비례한다. 입력 신호광 세기 -20 dBm/ch., 이득 21 dB에서 최적화된 EDFA를 제작하여 파장에 따른 이득 및 잡음지수 특성을 측정한 결과, EDFA 12회 통과 후 파장에 따른 이득차는 5 dB, 잡음지수는 3 dB의 값을 나타냈다.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.28-32
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• 2023

Frequency characteristics of gain-saturated erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) are experimentally evaluated to mitigate the optical signal fluctuation induced by atmospheric turbulence in terrestrial freespace optical communication systems. Here, an acousto-optic modulator (AOM) is used to emulate optical signal fluctuations induced by atmospheric turbulence. The waveform which is generated in proportion to the refractive-index structural parameters is used to drive the AOM at various periodic frequencies. Thus, the dependence of the signal fluctuation suppression on the frequency is evaluated. The experiment is conducted using a periodic frequency sweep of the AOM driving voltage waveform and signal input power variation of the amplifier. It is observed that a low periodic frequency and high input signal power effectively suppress the optical signal fluctuation. This study evaluates the experimental results from the high-pass filter and gain-saturation characteristics of the EDFA.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.96-102
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• 2009

마하-젠더 광 변조기(Mach-Zehnder modulator; MZM)와 EDFA(erbium-doped fiber amplifier)를 사용한 아날로그 광통신 링크의 랜덤 지터 (Random Jitter; RJ) 특성에 관하여 연구하였다. RF 주파수 분석기의 잡음 스펙트럼 데이터를 이용한 지터 측정법과 샘플링 오실로스코프의 히스토그램 데이터를 이용한 지터 측정법의 두 가지 방법으로 RJ를 구하였다. MZM에 인가되는 광 파워나 RF 파워가 증가하면 출력 신호 파워가 증가하여 RJ가 감소하였다. EDFA가 삽입되지 않은 링크에서 잡음 스펙트럼으로 측정한 최소 RJ는 RF 파워 10 dBm, 광 파워 8 dBm인 경우에 약 1 ps으로 나타났다. EDFA를 삽입한 링크에서는 EDFA 이득이 증가하면 RJ가 지속적으로 감소하여 지터 바닥에 수렴하였다. 이 보다 이득이 증가하면 다시 RJ가 증가하는 것을 관찰하였다. EDFA의 이득이 동일하면, 입력 광 파워가 클 때 RJ의 크기가 보다 작았고, 또한 입력 광 파워가 작은 경우에는 EDFA 이득이 증가함에 따라 RJ의 감소율이 보다 크게 나타났다.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.786-796
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• 2013

In this paper, we propose a hybrid time-division multiplexing and dense wavelength-division multiplexing scheme to implement a cost-effective and scalable long-reach optical access network (LR-OAN). Our main objectives are to increase fiber plant utilization, handle upstream and downstream flow through the same input/output port, extend the reach, and increase the splitting ratio. To this end, we propose the use of an arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) and an erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) in one configuration. AWG is employed to achieve the first and second objectives, while EDFA is used to achieve the third and fourth objectives. The performance of the proposed LR-OAN is verified using the Optisystem and Matlab software packages under bit error rate constraints and two different approaches (multifiber and single-fiber). Although the single-fiber approach offers a more cost-effective solution because service is provided to each zone via a common fiber, it imposes additional losses, which leads to a reduction in the length of the feeder fiber from 20 km to 10 km.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2001

The performance of a long wavelength-band erbium-doped fiber amplifier (L-band EDFA) using 1530nm-band pumping has been studied. A 1530nm-band pump source is built using a tunable light source and two C-band EDFAs in cascaded configuration, which is able to deliver a maximum output power of 23dBm. Gain coefficient and noise figure (NF) of the L-band EDFA are measured for pump wavelengths between 1530nm and 1560nm. The gain coefficient with a 1545nm pump is more than twice as large as with a 1480nm pump. It indicates that the L-band EDFA consumes low power. The noise figure of 1530nm pump is 6.36dB at worst, which is 0.75dB higher than that of 1480nm pumped EDFA. The optimum pump wavelength range to obtain high gain and low NF in the 1530nm band appears to be between 1530nm and 1540nm. Gain spectra as a function of a pump wavelength have bandwidth of more than 10nm so that a broadband pump source can be used as 1530nm-band pump. The L-band EDFA is also tested for WDM signals. Flat Gain bandwidth is 32nm from 1571.5 to 1603.5nm within 1dB excursion at input signal of -10dBm/ch. These results demonstrate that 1530nm-band pump can be used as a new efficient pump source for L-band EDFAs.