Simplified fast transient control in coolerless pump EDFA
for metro applications

Author: J.J. Pan, Wei Wang, Xiangdong Qiu, Mingjie Zhang, Kejian Guan, Joy Jiang, Jonathan Zhang

Publication: Printed in OECC2003 Paper, Vol 23, Supplement 425, Paper No. 0253-2239 (2003) 16C4-6, Oct. 2003

Abstract: A novel optical transient suppression technique to dramatically reduce gain variation of EDFA with un-cooled pump is demonstrated experimentally, showing excellent performance of 50µs transient time with no more than 0.5dB excursion and 0.25dB offset.