A gain controllable two-segment erbium-doped optical fiber amplifier

Abstract

The invention belongs to the technical field of optical fiber amplifiers, which more particularly relates to a two-section erbium-doped optical fiber amplifier which has two sections and can control the gain. The optical fiber amplifier comprises a two-section erbium-doped optical fiber amplifying part and a gain control part, wherein the two-section erbium-doped optical fiber amplifying part comprises a 980mn pump laser source, a two-section erbium-doped optical fiber, an optical isolator, a signal and pump multiplexer, and a signal and pump demultiplexer; the gain control part comprises the signal input and output and the power measurement of output return light, as well as a controller of the pump laser device. The two-section optical circuit structure can effectively isolate an ASE noise in counterpropagation, thus optimizing the noise isolation performance of the amplifier. The gain control part can implement the gain control and optimization of the amplifier by monitoring the output power of the pump laser device.

Description

technical field

[0001] The invention relates to an optical fiber amplifier, in particular to a two-stage erbium-doped optical fiber amplifier with controllable gain. Background technique

[0002] With the continuous development of communication technology, broadband and high-speed communication are getting more and more attention from the society. Especially in the field of optical communication, its stable transmission and the huge potential bandwidth brought by DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing), broadband transmission has attracted more attention. Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers have undoubtedly played a vital role in all-optical communications since they were commercially available. After erbium is activated, it can fully amplify the digital signal and the analog signal light in the 1550nm window, and is transparent to the code type and rate. The 980nm optical pump laser can inject high-intensity energy into a special optical fiber to activate erbium ions and ...

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[0038] First please refer to FIG. 1, which is a schematic structural diagram of a two-stage erbium-doped fiber amplifier with controllable gain of the present invention. As can be seen from the figure, the present invention sequentially includes a first optical isolator 1 from signal input to signal output, a first optical splitter 2, a first signal / pump wavelength division multiplexer 5, a first erbium-doped optical fiber 6, a signal / pump A pump wave division multiplexer 7, a second optical isolator 8, a second signal / pump wavelength division multiplexer 9, a second erbium-doped optical fiber 10, a third optical isolator 11, and a second optical splitter 13, wherein:

[0039] ① There are two sections of erbium-doped optical fibers 6 and 10 in the entire optical path, and there are sequentially connected signal / pump wave demultiplexer 7, second optical isolation device 8 and second signal / pump wave optical fiber between the two sections of erbium-doped optical fibers. The divi...

technical field

[0001] The invention relates to an optical fiber amplifier, in particular to a two-stage erbium-doped optical fiber amplifier with controllable gain. Background technique

[0002] With the continuous development of communication technology, broadband and high-speed communication are getting more and more attention from the society. Especially in the field of optical communication, its stable transmission and the huge potential bandwidth brought by DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing), broadband transmission has attracted more attention. Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers have undoubtedly played a vital role in all-optical communications since they were commercially available. After erbium is activated, it can fully amplify the digital signal and the analog signal light in the 1550nm window, and is transparent to the code type and rate. The 980nm optical pump laser can inject high-intensity energy into a special optical fiber to activate erbium ions and ...

Examples

Embodiment Construction

[0038] First please refer to FIG. 1, which is a schematic structural diagram of a two-stage erbium-doped fiber amplifier with controllable gain of the present invention. As can be seen from the figure, the present invention sequentially includes a first optical isolator 1 from signal input to signal output, a first optical splitter 2, a first signal / pump wavelength division multiplexer 5, a first erbium-doped optical fiber 6, a signal / pump A pump wave division multiplexer 7, a second optical isolator 8, a second signal / pump wavelength division multiplexer 9, a second erbium-doped optical fiber 10, a third optical isolator 11, and a second optical splitter 13, wherein:

[0039] ① There are two sections of erbium-doped optical fibers 6 and 10 in the entire optical path, and there are sequentially connected signal / pump wave demultiplexer 7, second optical isolation device 8 and second signal / pump wave optical fiber between the two sections of erbium-doped optical fibers. The divi...

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