Optical Amplifiers Applied Into The Fiber Optic Networks

Optical Amplifiers Applied into the Fiber Optic Networks

As we know, most optical amplifier amplify client light through stimulated emission. An optical amplifier is nothing but a laser without feedback. Optical gain is achieved when the amplifier is pumped optically or electrically to achieved population inversion. Optical amplification depends on:

General applications of optical amplifiers are:

The Figure shows basic operation of optical amplifier

The external pump source energy us absorbed by the electrons in the active medium. The electros shifts to the higher energy level producing population inversion. Photos of incoming signal triggers these excited electros to lower level thourhg a stimulated emission peocess, producing amplified opticla signal.

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Breif Introduction

The active medium in an optical fiber amplifier consists of a nominally 10 to 30m length of optical fiber that has been lightly doped with a rare-earth element such as Erbium, Ytterbium, Neodymium or Praseodymium. The host fiber material can be either standard silica, a fluoride-based glass or a multicomponent glass.

The operating regions of these devices depends on the host material and the doping elements. Fluorozirconate glasses doped with P or N are used for operation in the 1300-nm window, since newither of these ions can amplify 1300 nm signals when enbedded in the silica glass.

The most popular material for long haul telecommunication application is a silica fiber doped with Erbium, which is known as Erbium-doped fiber amplifier or EDFA. The operation of an EDFA by itself normally is limited to the 1530 to 1560 nm region.

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