Use of a genetic algorithm to optimize multistage erbium-doped fiber-amplifier systems with complex structures
Optics Express, Vol. 12, Issue 4, pp. 531-544 (2004)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OPEX.12.000531
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Abstract
We propose optimizing multifunctional multistage erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) with complex structures by use of a genetic algorithm. With this method, we investigated optimum configurations of C- and L-band gain-flattened multistage EDFAs containing gain-flattening filters and high-loss interstage elements for dense wavelength-division multiplexing systems in detail and compared the amplifiers with various kinds of configurations under different design criteria. With the guidance of optimization results, the roles of all the factors such as pumping schemes, pump-power allocation, component position, and insertion loss in the optimization of EDFAs have been studied, and useful guidelines for optimizations have been provided.
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OCIS Codes
(060.2320) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics amplifiers and oscillators
(060.2360) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics links and subsystems
(060.2410) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fibers, erbium
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History
Original Manuscript: December 16, 2003
Revised Manuscript: January 28, 2004
Published: February 23, 2004
Citation
Huai Wei, Zhi Tong, and Shuisheng Jian, "Use of a genetic algorithm to optimize multistage erbium-doped fiber-amplifier systems with complex structures," Opt. Express 12, 531-544 (2004)
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