Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers: Principles and Applications (Wiley Series in Telecommunications and Signal Processing) - Hardcover

Desurvire, Emmanuel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471589772 ISBN 13: 9780471589778

Publisher: Wiley-Interscience, 1994

Synopsis

How is light amplified in the doped fiber? How much spontaneous emission noise is generated at the output? Do detectors with optical preamplifiers outperform avalanche photodiodes? What are the current types and architectures of amplifier-based systems? Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers Principles and Applications These are just a handful of the essential questions answered in Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers-the first book to integrate the most influential current papers on this breakthrough in fiber-optics technology. Written by one of the pioneers in the field, this unique reference provides researchers, engineers, and system designers with detailed, interdisciplinary coverage of the theoretical underpinnings, main characteristics, and primary applications of EDFAs. Packed with information on important system experiments and the best experimental results to date as well as over 1,400 references to the expanding literature, Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers illuminates such key areas as: Modeling light amplification in Er-doped single-mode fibers Fundamentals of noise in optical fiber amplifiers Photodetection of optically amplified signals Spectroscopic properties of erbium glass fibers Gain, saturation, and noise characteristics of EDFAs Device and system applications of EDFAs In so doing, the book sheds light on many new frontiers of knowledge, such as inhomogeneous modeling and nonlinear photon statistics, and demonstrates the many broadening benefits of EDFAs, including their polarization insensitivity, temperature stability, quantum-limited noise figure, and immunity to interchannel crosstalk. With the demand for transoceanic and terrestrial communications growing at a steady rate of 25 per cent a year, the arrival of Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers-destined to significantly expand the capabilities of today's hard-pressed lightwave technology-couldn't be more timely.

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About the Author

About the author EMMANUEL DESURVIRE is Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Columbia University. For four years he was a member of the technical staff at AT&T Laboratories which did pioneering work in erbium-doped fiber amplifiers. In 1993 Dr. Desurvire received the IEEE's Distinguished Lecturer Award. In 1994, he joined Alcatel-Alsthom Recherche in France. He is a contributor to the book Fiber Lasers and Amplifiers and is the author or coauthor of more than 90 technical papers. He received his Diploma of Advanced Studies in the field of theoretical physics from the University of Paris in 1981 and his PhD in physics from the University of Nice two years later. He spent two years in postdoctoral research at Stanford University.

From the Inside Flap

In spite of the tremendous information-carrying capacity of optical fibers, the performance of today's communication systems is limited by electronics speed in signal regeneration. There is a need for more efficient and cost-effective technologies to satisfy both transoceanic and terrestrial communication demands which continue to grow. Clearly the most exciting breakthrough has been the recent development of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs), which overcome the speed and cost limitations of electronically "repeatered" systems and enjoy such clear advantages as polarization insensitivity, temperature stability, quantum-limited noise figure, and immunity to interchannel crosstalk. Written by one of the developers of this major new technology, Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers synthesizes-for the first time-many of the most important recent papers in the fastgrowing literature to provide uniquely in-depth, interdisciplinary coverage of the theoretical foundations, essential characteristics, and practical applications of EDFAs. This wide-ranging book answers many of the most central questions researchers and designers may have, including how light is amplified in the doped fiber, the ultimate noise limits of fiber amplifiers, and the optimal locations of optical amplifiers in a system. Divided into three main sections, Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers first considers the fundamentals of light amplification and noise in singlemode fibers, as well as the principles of photodetection of digital signals with optical amplifiers. Its basic description of noise and photodetection bridges the gap between generic knowledge and basic formulas on the one hand, and first-principle analysis on the other. In addition, the book outlines several new frontiers of knowledge, including modeling, inhomogeneous broadening, and nonlinear photon statistics. The second part of the book examines the spectroscopic properties of erbium glass fibers as well as the gain, saturation, and noise features of EDFAs. Among the areas covered are laser line broadening.characterization of erbium-doped fiber parameters.energy transfer and cooperative up-conversion.characteristics of pump laser diodes and EDFA-related optical components.gain vs. signal power and amplifier saturation.and optimization of fiber amplifier parameters. Also included is a detailed comparison of EDFAs with other types of fiber amplifiers. The final section of Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers concentrates on the device and system applications of EDFAs. Here, discussion ranges from such topics as distributed, remotely-pumped, reflective, and bidirectional fiber amplifiers through fiber lasers, EDFA preamplifiers and digital linear systems to analog systems and local area networks. Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers will be an indispensable reference to researchers, development engineers, and systems designers in fiber-optic communications, particularly those new to EDFAs who will need retraining. It will also excel as an introductory text in upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses on system applications of fiber amplifiers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0471589772
• ISBN 13: 9780471589778
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 800