《光纤通信课程设计》课件Class6-03
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6. There is usually an isolator placed at the output to prevent reflections returning from the attached fiber. Such reflections disrupt amplifier operation and in the extreme case can cause the amplifier to become a laser!
5. A significant point is that the erbium gives up its energy in the form of additional photons which are exactly in the same phase and direction as the signal being amplified.
Erbium Properties
• Erbium: rare element with phosphorescent properties
– Photons at 1480 or 980 nm activate electrons into a metastable state
– Electrons falling back emit light in
amplified spontaneous emission – Input signal(s) consume metastable electrons much less ASE
Random spontaneous emission (SE)
Amplification along fiber
Amplified spontaneous emission (ASE)
A pump optical signal is added to an input signal by a WDM coupler Within a length of doped fiber part of the pump energy is transferred to the
input signal by stimulated emission For operation ~ 1550 nm the fiber dopant is Erbium Pump wavelength is either 980 nm or 1480 nm, pump power ~ 50 mW Gains of 30-40 dB possible
3. This high-powered light beam excites the erbium ions to their higherenergy state.
4. When the photons belonging to the signal (at a different wavelength from the pump light) meet the excited erbium atoms, the erbium atoms give up some of their energy to the signal and return to their lower-energy state.
Traditional Optical Communication System
Loss compensation: Repeaters at every 20-50 km
Optically Amplified Systems
EDFA = Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier
Class 6
X. Wu, M. Y. Li, H. M. Yan Dept. of Opt. Engr., ZJU
2011
•Optical Amplification •EDFA
• Structure • Parameters • Selection • Gain flattening •Exercise
Erbium doped fibre
loop
Fibre input/output
Source: Master 7_5
Operation of an EDFA
Power level Power level
980 nm signal
1550 nm data signal
Power interchange
1. A (relatively) high-powered beam of light is mixed with the input signal using a wavelength selective coupler.
2. The mixed light is guided into a section of fiber with erbium ions included in the core.
Metastable state
1480
identical to incident one
Ground state
Erbium Doped Fibre Amplifiers
•Fiber length: typically ten metres or so •Doping: a small controlled amount of the rare earth element erbium added to the glass in the form of an ion (Er3+). •LD power: between 10 and 200 mW •Wavelengths Light at either 980 or 1,480 nm.) Question #1: Why not increase doping level and decrease length? Question #2: What’s the advantage of pumping 1480nm?
– Commercially available since the early 1990’s – Works best in the range 1530 to 1565 nm – Gain up to 30 dB (1000 photons out per photon in!)
• Optically transparent
An optical amplifier is a device which amplifies the optical signal directly without ever changing it to electricity. The light itself is amplified.
Reasons to use the optical amplifiers: Reliability Flexibility Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) Low Cost Variety of optical amplifier types exists, including: Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers (SOAs) Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifiers (EDFAs)
Technical Characteristics of EDFA
EDFAs have a number of attractive technical characteristics:
Efficient pumping Minimal polarisation sensitivity Low insertion loss High output power (this is not gain but raw amount of possible output power) Low noise Very high sensitivity Low distortion and minimal interchannel crosstalk
Optical fibre amplifiers are now the most common type
One of the most successful optical processing functions
Also used as a building block in DWDM systems
the 1550 nm range
540
670
• Spontaneous emission
– Occurs randomly (time constant ~1 ms)
820
• Stimulated emission
980
– By electromagnetic wave – Emitted wavelength & phase are
Source: Master 7_5
Overview
Erbium doped fiber amplifiers Amplifier applications Issues: Gain flattening and Noise
Basic EDF Amplifier Design
• Erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) most common
Gain versus Amplifier length
Amplified Spontaneous Emission
• Erbium randomly emits photons between 1520 and 1570 nm
– Spontaneous emission (SE) is not polarized or coherent – Like any photon, SE stimulates emission of other photons – With no input signal, eventually all optical energy is consumed into
Input
Isolator
WDM
Isolator
Erbium Doped Fibre
= Fusion Splice
Pump Source
Output
Interior of an Erbium Doped Fibre Amplfier (EDFA)
WDM Fibre coupler
Pump laser
Er+3 Energy Levels
• Pump: ▪ 980 or 1480 nm ▪ Pump power >5 mW
• Emission: ▪ 1.52-1.57 m ▪ Long living upper state (10 ms) ▪ Gain 30 dB
EDFA Operation
– “Unlimited” RF bandwidth – Wavelength transparent
Input
Coupler
Isolator
1480 or 980 nm Pump Laser
Output Erbium Doped Fiber
Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier
Optical Amplification
Variety of optical amplifier types exist, including:
➢ Semiconductor optical amplifiers ➢ Optical fibre amplifiers (Erbium Doped Fibre Amplifiers) ➢ Distributed fibre amplifiers (Raman Amplifiers)
between pump and
data signals
9Hale Waihona Puke Baidu0 nm signal
1550 nm data signal
Input
Isolator
= Fusion Splice
WDM
Erbium Doped Fibre
Pump Source
Isolator
Output
Physics of an EDFA
5. A significant point is that the erbium gives up its energy in the form of additional photons which are exactly in the same phase and direction as the signal being amplified.
Erbium Properties
• Erbium: rare element with phosphorescent properties
– Photons at 1480 or 980 nm activate electrons into a metastable state
– Electrons falling back emit light in
amplified spontaneous emission – Input signal(s) consume metastable electrons much less ASE
Random spontaneous emission (SE)
Amplification along fiber
Amplified spontaneous emission (ASE)
A pump optical signal is added to an input signal by a WDM coupler Within a length of doped fiber part of the pump energy is transferred to the
input signal by stimulated emission For operation ~ 1550 nm the fiber dopant is Erbium Pump wavelength is either 980 nm or 1480 nm, pump power ~ 50 mW Gains of 30-40 dB possible
3. This high-powered light beam excites the erbium ions to their higherenergy state.
4. When the photons belonging to the signal (at a different wavelength from the pump light) meet the excited erbium atoms, the erbium atoms give up some of their energy to the signal and return to their lower-energy state.
Traditional Optical Communication System
Loss compensation: Repeaters at every 20-50 km
Optically Amplified Systems
EDFA = Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier
Class 6
X. Wu, M. Y. Li, H. M. Yan Dept. of Opt. Engr., ZJU
2011
•Optical Amplification •EDFA
• Structure • Parameters • Selection • Gain flattening •Exercise
Erbium doped fibre
loop
Fibre input/output
Source: Master 7_5
Operation of an EDFA
Power level Power level
980 nm signal
1550 nm data signal
Power interchange
1. A (relatively) high-powered beam of light is mixed with the input signal using a wavelength selective coupler.
2. The mixed light is guided into a section of fiber with erbium ions included in the core.
Metastable state
1480
identical to incident one
Ground state
Erbium Doped Fibre Amplifiers
•Fiber length: typically ten metres or so •Doping: a small controlled amount of the rare earth element erbium added to the glass in the form of an ion (Er3+). •LD power: between 10 and 200 mW •Wavelengths Light at either 980 or 1,480 nm.) Question #1: Why not increase doping level and decrease length? Question #2: What’s the advantage of pumping 1480nm?
– Commercially available since the early 1990’s – Works best in the range 1530 to 1565 nm – Gain up to 30 dB (1000 photons out per photon in!)
• Optically transparent
An optical amplifier is a device which amplifies the optical signal directly without ever changing it to electricity. The light itself is amplified.
Reasons to use the optical amplifiers: Reliability Flexibility Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) Low Cost Variety of optical amplifier types exists, including: Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers (SOAs) Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifiers (EDFAs)
Technical Characteristics of EDFA
EDFAs have a number of attractive technical characteristics:
Efficient pumping Minimal polarisation sensitivity Low insertion loss High output power (this is not gain but raw amount of possible output power) Low noise Very high sensitivity Low distortion and minimal interchannel crosstalk
Optical fibre amplifiers are now the most common type
One of the most successful optical processing functions
Also used as a building block in DWDM systems
the 1550 nm range
540
670
• Spontaneous emission
– Occurs randomly (time constant ~1 ms)
820
• Stimulated emission
980
– By electromagnetic wave – Emitted wavelength & phase are
Source: Master 7_5
Overview
Erbium doped fiber amplifiers Amplifier applications Issues: Gain flattening and Noise
Basic EDF Amplifier Design
• Erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) most common
Gain versus Amplifier length
Amplified Spontaneous Emission
• Erbium randomly emits photons between 1520 and 1570 nm
– Spontaneous emission (SE) is not polarized or coherent – Like any photon, SE stimulates emission of other photons – With no input signal, eventually all optical energy is consumed into
Input
Isolator
WDM
Isolator
Erbium Doped Fibre
= Fusion Splice
Pump Source
Output
Interior of an Erbium Doped Fibre Amplfier (EDFA)
WDM Fibre coupler
Pump laser
Er+3 Energy Levels
• Pump: ▪ 980 or 1480 nm ▪ Pump power >5 mW
• Emission: ▪ 1.52-1.57 m ▪ Long living upper state (10 ms) ▪ Gain 30 dB
EDFA Operation
– “Unlimited” RF bandwidth – Wavelength transparent
Input
Coupler
Isolator
1480 or 980 nm Pump Laser
Output Erbium Doped Fiber
Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier
Optical Amplification
Variety of optical amplifier types exist, including:
➢ Semiconductor optical amplifiers ➢ Optical fibre amplifiers (Erbium Doped Fibre Amplifiers) ➢ Distributed fibre amplifiers (Raman Amplifiers)
between pump and
data signals
9Hale Waihona Puke Baidu0 nm signal
1550 nm data signal
Input
Isolator
= Fusion Splice
WDM
Erbium Doped Fibre
Pump Source
Isolator
Output
Physics of an EDFA