The invention discloses a dual-polarization
optical fiber amplifier, which comprises a pumping source, a polarization-maintaining
erbium-doped
optical fiber and a birefringent polarization-maintainingfiber bragg
grating, wherein the pumping source is used for outputting pumping light; the polarization-maintaining
erbium-doped
optical fiber is used for amplifying input
signal light by utilizing the pump light; and the birefringent polarization-maintaining
fiber bragg
grating is used for converting the amplified
signal light into dual-polarization-state amplified
signal light with a stable polarization state. The dual-polarization optical
fiber amplifier provided by the invention is novel in structure, optical
signal amplification in two polarization directions can be realized, high
gain isobtained, and the dual-polarization-state
signal light is output at the same time. According to the invention, the polarization state transmitted in the optical
fiber is utilized, so that the opticalsignal can be amplified in two polarization directions at the same time, the optical fiber amplification
system is utilized more efficiently, the cost of the optical
fiber amplifier system is reduced, and the dual-polarization optical
fiber amplifier has very important application in optical fiber communication and
optical fiber sensing systems.