CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GAIN AND SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO OF A DISTRIBUTED ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIER

Abstract

The effects of the stimulated Ramam scattering (SRS) on the gain and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the DEDFA with 100-km fiber length and with bidirectional pumps are numerically studied. It is found that the gain and SNR are significantly enhanced by the SRS with practical parameters. For 1.55-mum signal and 10-muW initial signal power, there are 8.8-dB gain enhancement and 3.3-dB SNR enhancement for 1.48-mum pump wavelength and 75-mW initial pump power. The characteristics of the gain and SNR enhancements due to SRS are studied for different signal wavelength, signal powers, pump wavelengths, pump powers, and effective fiber cross sections. The results show that the gain and SNR are decreased by SRS only for the unpractical high pump power and/or small effective fiber cross section.