An All-Optical Gain-Controlled Amplifier for Bidirectional Transmission

ETRI Journal

关键词: wavelength-division multiplexing;    optical fiber communication;    gain;    Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers;   

Others  :  1185461
DOI  :  10.4218/etrij.06.0105.0084

【 摘 要 】

A novel all-optical gain-controlled (AOGC) bidirectional amplifier is proposed and demonstrated in a compact structure. The AOGC function using fiber Bragg grating (FBG) pairs controls both directional signals independently, and combinations of optical interleavers and isolators suppress Rayleigh backscattering (RB) noise.The amplifier achieves high and constant gain with a wide dynamic input signal range and low noise figure. The performance does not depend on the input signal conditions, whether static-state or transient signals, or whether there is symmetric or asymmetric data traffic on bidirectional transmission. Transmission comparison experiments between invariable symmetrical and random variable asymmetric bidirectional data traffic verify that the all-optical gain control and bidirectional amplification functions are successfully combined into this proposed amplifier.

   

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