Effect of Temperature and Germania on the Performance of Germania Doped Silica Fiber Raman Scattering Amplifier

The Raman gain coefficient, the attenuations at signal and pump wavelengths and the refractive indices of both core and cladding of silica doped Germania optical fiber are functions of the Germania ratio, temperature and wavelengths. The Raman amplifier gain increases with Germania ratio but it decreases with temperature. Also, Raman gain either increases or decreases with signal wavelength. As the fiber core radius increases, the Raman gain decreases. The gain distribution through the amplifier length of dual pumps with power divided ratio (S=0.5) is better than that for the forward pump amplifier and the backward pump amplifier. The forward pump has a maximized gain but the backward pump has a minimized gain, while the dual pumps have both the maximum and minimized gains. The final amplifier gain for the three kinds of pumps with the same pump power (Pp) is equally.The pump wavelength (λp=1.4553μm) gives the biggest Raman gain at the center of wideband signal wavelength (λs=1.50 to 1.60μm). With λp =1.48μm, the gain increases with λs until λs=1.57μm and after that the gain decreases with λs and so with the above three kinds of pumps, gain fluctuations over the band wavelength of signal. The threshold pump power and gain saturation are studied.

DATA ANALYSIS WHEN CREATING AN EXTENDED GIGABIT OPTICAL NETWORK

The article describes the application of data analysis, which allows, based on the processed experimental data, to obtain new knowledge about the behavior and capabilities of a gigabit passive optical network (GPON network). The description of the test bench of the GPON network is given. The paper studied the characteristics of semiconductor optical amplifiers used to increase the range of GPON networks, as well as their dependence on the input power and signal wavelength. For data processing, the MatLab mathematical calculation automation package and the OriginLab package for numerical data analysis and scientific graphics were used. It is shown that the use of an EDFA amplifier (an optical amplifier on an erbium-doped fiber) in the architecture of a gigabit passive optical network is the best choice and allows expanding the range of the GPON network from 20 kilometers to 60 kilometers.

Comparison of 1480 nm and 980 nm-pumped Gallium-Erbium fiber amplifier

Background: One way to reduce the length of the gain medium in Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier (EDFA) is by doping the fiber core with a high concentration of Erbium. However, this method caused ion clustering effects, which limits the EDFA’s efficiency. In this research, the use of Gallium as a new co-dopant in erbium-doped silica fiber is explored. Methods: The new fiber, namely Gallium co-doped Erbium fiber (Ga-EDF), is used as a gain medium in an optical fiber amplifier setup. A 2-meter length of the Ga-EDF fiber was used in a single pass configuration with a forward pumping scheme at 150 mW pump power. The Ga-EDF amplifier's gain and noise figure while pumping at 980 nm and 1480 nm were compared. The amplifier's performance was evaluated as the input signal power varied between -30 dBm to 3 dBm, over the wavelength range of 1520 nm to 1580 nm. Results: The 980 nm-pumped Ga-EDF amplifier achieved the maximum small-signal gain of 22.45 dB and the corresponding noise figure of 5.71 dB at the input signal wavelength of 1535 nm. Meanwhile, the 1480 nm-pumped Ga-EDF amplifier attained the maximum small-signal gain of 20.83 dB and the corresponding noise figure of 5.09 dB at the input signal wavelength of 1550 nm. At the input signal power below -20 dBm and the wavelength range 1520 nm to 1547 nm, the Ga-EDF performs better when pumped at 980 nm. Their performance is comparable at the input signal wavelength range between 1547 nm to 1580 nm. At the input signal power above -20 dBm, the 1480 nm-pumped Ga-EDF outperformed the 980 nm-pumped amplifier. Conclusions: The overall performance indicates that the gain saturation point of the 1480 nm-pumped amplifier is higher than the 980 nm-pumped.

Comparison of 1480 nm and 980 nm-pumped Gallium-Erbium fiber amplifier

Background: One way to reduce the length of the gain medium in Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier (EDFA) is by doping the fiber core with a high concentration of Erbium. However, this method caused ion clustering effects, which limits the EDFA’s efficiency. In this research, the use of Gallium as a new co-dopant in erbium-doped silica fiber is explored. Methods: The new fiber, namely Gallium co-doped Erbium fiber (Ga-EDF), is used as a gain medium in an optical fiber amplifier setup. A 2-meter length of the Ga-EDF fiber was used in a single pass configuration with a forward pumping scheme at 150 mW pump power. The Ga-EDF amplifier's gain and noise figure while pumping at 980 nm and 1480 nm were compared. The amplifier's performance was evaluated as the input signal power varied between -30 dBm to 3 dB, over the wavelength range of 1520 nm to 1580 nm. Results: The 980 nm-pumped Ga-EDF amplifier achieved the maximum small-signal gain of 22.45 dB and the corresponding noise figure of 5.71 dB at the input signal wavelength of 1535 nm. Meanwhile, the 1480 nm-pumped Ga-EDF amplifier attained the maximum small-signal gain of 20.83 dB and the corresponding noise figure of 5.09 dB at the input signal wavelength of 1550 nm. At the input signal power below -20 dBm and the wavelength range 1520 nm to 1547 nm, the Ga-EDF performs better when pumped at 980 nm. Their performance is comparable at the input signal wavelength range between 1547 nm to 1580 nm. At the input signal power above -20 dBm, the 1480 nm-pumped Ga-EDF outperformed the 980 nm-pumped amplifier. Conclusions: The overall performance indicates that the gain saturation point of the 1480 nm-pumped amplifier is higher than the 980 nm-pumped.

Proposed Method For Improving The Performance Of Wireless Optical Link FSO Using The Center Of Balance With a Laser Fog Sensor

In this research, the problem of the optical link in different fog cases was solved through the use of the proposed center balance with the RF link, where this center adjusts the power of the laser transmitter according to the damping of the optical link, where the length of the transmitted signal is increased which leads to overcome dispersion. Measurements are carried out by three fog laser sensors located at the beginning, middle and end of the optical link. These sensors generate voltage proportional to the amount of fog and then send these values ​​using radio waves RF to the equilibrium center, which calculates the average damping value and adjusts the power value of the laser transmitter according to the damping coefficient value. Simulated using OPTISYSTE programming environment and MATLAB environment, MIE dispersion was adopted in wireless optical link and transmitted signal wavelength 1550nm where quality coefficient was improved from 3.6% to 44.45% in moderate, light and very light fog

MW-PPG Sensor: An on-Chip Spectrometer Approach

Multi-wavelength photoplethysmography (MW-PPG) sensing technology has been known to be superior to signal-wavelength photoplethysmography (SW-PPG) sensing technology. However, limited by the availability of sensing detectors, many prior studies can only use conventional bulky and pricy spectrometers as the detectors, and hence cannot bring the MW-PPG technology to daily-life applications. In this study we developed a chip-scale MW-PPG sensor using innovative on-chip spectrometers, aimed at wearable applications. Also in this paper we present signal processing methods for robustly extracting the PPG signals, in which an increase of up to 50% in the signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) was observed. Example measurements of saturation of peripheral blood oxygen (SpO2) and blood pressure were conducted.