Design And Development Of A Broadband Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifiers

This thesis presents the research work that was carried out on the development, characterization and analysis of broadband Erbium doped silica fiber amplifier (B-EDF). Erbium doped fiber amplifiers provide advantages over regenerative repeaters as well as other amplification systems. For example,...

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Main Author: Mohemad Kassir, Aiman Mohemad
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Language:English
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Published: 2003
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spelling my-upm-ir.122092024-07-04T08:41:56Z Design And Development Of A Broadband Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifiers 2003-06 Mohemad Kassir, Aiman Mohemad This thesis presents the research work that was carried out on the development, characterization and analysis of broadband Erbium doped silica fiber amplifier (B-EDF). Erbium doped fiber amplifiers provide advantages over regenerative repeaters as well as other amplification systems. For example, better crosstalk characteristics, higher power operation, lower insertion loss than semiconductor laser amplifiers, higher efficiency than Raman amplifiers and low noise figure than Brillounamplifiers. In addition, EDFAs are the only amplifier, that can be used as both distributed and lumped amplifier in telecommunications. Currently, optical communication technology is moving from point-to-point systems to optical networking. The exponential growth in data communications and the internet places urgent demands on high-capacity communication networks. To increase the total capacity, amplifier bandwidth has commanded much attention. However, the spread and expansion of dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) systems are keeping pace with various technology developments of optical amplifiers and, in particular, the bandwidth broadening of EDFAs. For this thesis, a novel EDFA structure is developed to increase the amplifier bandwidth by combining the conventional band and long wavelength band (C+L). This will offer more efficient use of optical fiber networks and it will satisfy the demand of higher transmission capacity. Lasers Optical amplifiers Optical fibers 2003-06 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12209/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12209/1/FK_2003_48.pdf text en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Lasers Optical amplifiers Optical fibers Faculty of Engineering Abdullah, Mohamad Khazani English
institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
collection PSAS Institutional Repository
language English
English
advisor Abdullah, Mohamad Khazani
topic Lasers
Optical amplifiers
Optical fibers
spellingShingle Lasers
Optical amplifiers
Optical fibers
Mohemad Kassir, Aiman Mohemad
Design And Development Of A Broadband Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifiers
description This thesis presents the research work that was carried out on the development, characterization and analysis of broadband Erbium doped silica fiber amplifier (B-EDF). Erbium doped fiber amplifiers provide advantages over regenerative repeaters as well as other amplification systems. For example, better crosstalk characteristics, higher power operation, lower insertion loss than semiconductor laser amplifiers, higher efficiency than Raman amplifiers and low noise figure than Brillounamplifiers. In addition, EDFAs are the only amplifier, that can be used as both distributed and lumped amplifier in telecommunications. Currently, optical communication technology is moving from point-to-point systems to optical networking. The exponential growth in data communications and the internet places urgent demands on high-capacity communication networks. To increase the total capacity, amplifier bandwidth has commanded much attention. However, the spread and expansion of dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) systems are keeping pace with various technology developments of optical amplifiers and, in particular, the bandwidth broadening of EDFAs. For this thesis, a novel EDFA structure is developed to increase the amplifier bandwidth by combining the conventional band and long wavelength band (C+L). This will offer more efficient use of optical fiber networks and it will satisfy the demand of higher transmission capacity.
format Thesis
qualification_level Master's degree
author Mohemad Kassir, Aiman Mohemad
author_facet Mohemad Kassir, Aiman Mohemad
author_sort Mohemad Kassir, Aiman Mohemad
title Design And Development Of A Broadband Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifiers
title_short Design And Development Of A Broadband Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifiers
title_full Design And Development Of A Broadband Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifiers
title_fullStr Design And Development Of A Broadband Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifiers
title_full_unstemmed Design And Development Of A Broadband Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifiers
title_sort design and development of a broadband erbium doped fiber amplifiers
granting_institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
granting_department Faculty of Engineering
publishDate 2003
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12209/1/FK_2003_48.pdf
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