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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
REDC Optical Networks Ltd., Tel Aviv, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/00 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for optical amplification with a large dynamic gain range in both the non-linear (1530-1540 nm) and linear (1540-1565 nm) regimes of the C-Band. The large dynamic gain range is achieved by the synergistic operation of a dual-stage Erbium-doped Fiber Amplifier (EDFA) having a self-saturating Thulium-doped fiber inserted between the two stages. The Thulium-doped fiber saturation is determined by the output power of the first EDFA stage, and the synergistic, combined operation of both EDFA stages and the self-saturating absorber is controlled by appropriate algorithms and software.