Optical Fiber Amplifiers: Optimization and Performance Evaluation

https://doi.org/10.24237/djes.2019.12108

Authors

  • A. k. Abass Laser Engineering Branch, Laser and Optoelectronics Engineering Department, University of Technology, Iraq
  • Mohammed J. Abdul-Razak Laser Engineering Branch, Laser and Optoelectronics Engineering Department, University of Technology, Iraq
  • Haneen H. Mohammed Laser Engineering Branch, Laser and Optoelectronics Engineering Department, University of Technology, Iraq
  • Suad M. Kadhim Laser Engineering Branch, Laser and Optoelectronics Engineering Department, University of Technology, Iraq
  • Mohammed A. Salih Education College, University of Al-Iraqia, Iraq

Keywords:

optical fiber amplifier, EDFA counter pumped, Raman fiber amplifier

Abstract

This work demonstrates the simulation of two different types of optical fiber amplifiers (OFA) utilizing OptiSystem–10, namely, 3 m length of erbium doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) and 7 km length of Raman fiber amplifier (RFA). The counter-pumped architecture is adopted for both proposed optical amplifiers. The optimum pump power (OPP) for each amplifier determines in which the longest 3–dB flat gain bandwidth (3–dB BW), reasonable average gain level (Gav), proper average noise figure (NFav) and lower gain variation (Gvar) were achieved. The EDFA shows best performance at conventional band (C–band) within the pump power of 30 mW.While the better performance is observed at long band (L–band) within the pump power of 600 mW for the RFA.

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Published

2019-03-01

How to Cite

[1]
A. k. Abass, Mohammed J. Abdul-Razak, Haneen H. Mohammed, Suad M. Kadhim, and Mohammed A. Salih, “Optical Fiber Amplifiers: Optimization and Performance Evaluation”, DJES, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 66–72, Mar. 2019.