WO1999043107A1 - Optical amplifier having an improved noise figure - Google Patents
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- WO1999043107A1 WO1999043107A1 PCT/US1999/003509 US9903509W WO9943107A1 WO 1999043107 A1 WO1999043107 A1 WO 1999043107A1 US 9903509 W US9903509 W US 9903509W WO 9943107 A1 WO9943107 A1 WO 9943107A1
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- H04B10/291—Repeaters in which processing or amplification is carried out without conversion of the main signal from optical form
- H04B10/2912—Repeaters in which processing or amplification is carried out without conversion of the main signal from optical form characterised by the medium used for amplification or processing
- H04B10/2916—Repeaters in which processing or amplification is carried out without conversion of the main signal from optical form characterised by the medium used for amplification or processing using Raman or Brillouin amplifiers
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- H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
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- H01S3/063—Waveguide lasers, i.e. whereby the dimensions of the waveguide are of the order of the light wavelength
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- H01S3/06754—Fibre amplifiers
- H01S3/06758—Tandem amplifiers
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- H04B10/25—Arrangements specific to fibre transmission
- H04B10/2507—Arrangements specific to fibre transmission for the reduction or elimination of distortion or dispersion
- H04B10/2513—Arrangements specific to fibre transmission for the reduction or elimination of distortion or dispersion due to chromatic dispersion
- H04B10/2525—Arrangements specific to fibre transmission for the reduction or elimination of distortion or dispersion due to chromatic dispersion using dispersion-compensating fibres
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- H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
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- H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
- H01S3/30—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range using scattering effects, e.g. stimulated Brillouin or Raman effects
- H01S3/302—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range using scattering effects, e.g. stimulated Brillouin or Raman effects in an optical fibre
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- the present invention is directed toward optical amplifiers, and doped fiber optical amplifiers in particular.
- Optical amplifiers including erbium doped optical fibers are currently being used to amplify weak optical signals in fiber optic communication networks.
- carriers in the rare-earth doped fiber are excited with pump light at a wavelength different than the communication signals.
- the communication signals enter the doped fiber, the carriers "fall” back to a lower energy state, and release a photon at the communication signal wavelength in the process, thereby providing optical amplification and gain.
- Two stage optical amplifiers have been proposed, which can include two segments of erbium doped fiber spaced by a relatively short length of undoped fiber.
- the first segment of doped fiber i.e., the first stage
- the second segment of doped fiber the second stage
- the output of such two-stage amplifiers have increased power but relatively little noise.
- chromatic dispersion can occur, whereby optical pulses constituting the optical signals tend to spread out due to spectral components of each pulse propagating through the fiber at different speeds.
- dispersion compensating fiber In order to offset chromatic dispersion, dispersion compensating fiber, commercially available from Corning Inc., can be provided between the first and second erbium doped fiber segments of a two stage amplifier.
- the length of dispersion compensating fiber to be incorporated between the two amplifier stages depends on the spacing between amplifiers in the optical communication network. In general, however, amplifiers spaced by 100 km of fiber, require approximately 15 km of dispersion compensating fiber, which can impose significant loss.
- NF noise figure
- NF log(NF, + (NF-/G,)L), where NF ! and NF 2 are the noise figures of the first and second stages, respectively, G, is the gain of the first stage, and L is the loss associated with the dispersion compensated fiber between the two stages. If dispersion compensating fiber is incorporated mid-stage in a two stage fiber amplifier, the loss term L in the above formula typically increases. As a result, the overall noise figure of the amplifier (NF) also increases and amplifier performance is degraded.
- noise figure NF can be reduced by increasing the gain of the first stage of the amplifier G,.
- Increasing gain G excessively, however, will lead to high signal power levels that cause known non linear effects, such as cross-phase modulation and four-wave mixing that degrade optical signal quality.
- the amount that gain G, can be increased is limited, and may not sufficiently improve noise figure NF.
- an optical amplifier which comprises a dispersion compensating element coupled to an amplification stage.
- the amplification stage is configured to be coupled to an optical communication path, and receives at least one optical signal.
- the optical signal is output from the amplification stage in amplified form.
- the dispersion compensating element receives the amplified optical signal, and has an associated optical gain to thereby minimize the loss of the dispersion compensating element.
- Fig. 1 illustrates an optical amplifier in accordance with a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention
- Fig. 2 illustrates an optical amplifier in accordance with a second exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- a dispersion compensating element such as a dispersion compensating fiber
- a dispersion compensating fiber is provided between two erbium doped fiber segments of a two stage amplifier, and is pumped with light of a sufficient wavelength and intensity to yield Raman amplification within the dispersion compensating fiber. Accordingly, the loss term L, in the above amplifier noise figure formula is reduced, if not equal to zero, and the noise figure of the amplifier is improved.
- Fig. 1 illustrates a first exemplary embodiment of an amplifier 100 in accordance with the present invention.
- Amplifier 100 includes a first stage 110 receiving weak optical communication signals at input 110-1 and generating amplified optical communication signals at output at 110-2.
- Stage 110 includes a first erbium doped fiber, pumped with light of a sufficient wavelength, e.g., 980 nm or 1480 ⁇ m, and power so that high inversion of the erbium ions is achieved, thereby yielding the high gain and low noise discussed above.
- the amplified optical communication signals are supplied via a connector 112 to dispersion compensating fiber 114.
- light is supplied from a laser via coupler 118 into dispersion compensating fiber 114 so that the fiber has an associated optical gain. Typically, this optical gain is Raman amplification.
- the wavelength of light supplied to dispersion compensating fiber 114 is selected, at least in part, based on the wavelength of the optical communication signals.
- the optical communication signals are at a wavelength between 1525 and 1570 nm, the absorption minimum of most silica based optical fibers.
- the wavelength of light output from laser 116 is typically about 1450-1480 nm to provide appropriate Raman amplification at the optical communication signal wavelengths.
- the Raman amplification in dispersion compensating fiber 114 offsets the loss associated with the DCF and improves the overall noise figure of amplifier 100. In the example shown in Fig.
- the light emitted from laser 116 counter-propagates through dispersion compensated fiber 114 in a direction opposite the propagation of the optical communication signals.
- the light output from laser 116 can be co-propagated with the optical communication signals.
- coupler 118 is provided between fiber 114 and first amplification stage 110 and configured so that the pump light output from laser 116 propagates in the same direction as the optical communication signals.
- Second stage 120 After propagating through dispersion compensating fiber 114, the communication optical signals next traverse connector 130 and are input to second stage 120.
- Second stage 120 like first stage 110, has an input 120-1 receiving the optical communication signals, and an output 120-2 supplying the optical communication signal in further amplified form.
- Second stage 120 also includes an optically pumped erbium doped fiber. However, second stage 120 is pumped with light at a sufficient wavelength and intensity to generate a high output power.
- Fig. 2 illustrates a further embodiment of the present invention whereby a segment of erbium doped fiber 210 is provided intermediate dispersion compensated fiber 114 and coupler 118, and also pumped with light output from laser 116. Fiber 210 provides an additional low noise high/gain stage at the input to high output power stage 120, which can have high noise. Typically, the length of fiber 210 should be relatively short to allow a sufficient amount of light from laser 116 to reach fiber 114 and generate Raman amplification. Doped fiber 210 can also be provided intermediate the ends of fiber 114.
- first stage 110 provides 24 dB of gain and has a noise figure (NF,) of 3.6 dB due to insertion loss from an isolator (not shown) and the quantum noise limit of first stage 110.
- NF noise figure
- dispersion compensated fiber 114 can provide approximately 4-5 dB of gain.
- Optical amplifier 100 is suitable for amplification of high data rate signals in excess of 10 Gbit/sec. Moreover, a plurality of optical signals at different wavelengths can be input to amplifier 100 and amplified simultaneously. Thus, the present invention can be used in conjunction with wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) systems. In such systems, however, the overall gain of amplifier 100 should be the same for each wavelength, i.e., the gain should be spectrally uniform or flat. As discussed, for example, in U.S. Patent No. 5,696,615, incorporated herein by reference, two stage gain flattened amplifiers can be achieved by providing first and second erbium doped fiber with complementary gain vs. wavelength curves. The present invention, however, provides an additional technique for achieving gain flatness. In particular, the intensity and wavelength of light supplied by laser 116 can be adjusted to alter the Raman gain of dispersion compensated fiber 114 so that the optical signals output from amplifier 100 have substantially uniform gain.
- WDM wavelength division multiplexed
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