A Study of Dynamic Characteristics of Spectral Hole Burning in Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers

N. Sindhu, Lekshmi. S. R

Abstract: This paper aims to study various dynamic characteristics of Spectral Hole Burning (SHB) in Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifiers (EDFA) under different parameters. Studies showed that gain variations induced by SHB decreases with increasing temperature and the SHB effects are proportional to the elevation in signal powers. However, inhomogeneous line-width broadening of EDFA occurs at shorter wavelengths.

Keywords: Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier, EDFA, Spectral Hole Burning, SHB, Amplified Spontaneous Emission, ASE