a novel design method a genetic algorithm applied to an erbium-doped fiber amplifier：一个遗传算法应用于掺铒光纤放大器的新型设计方法.pdfVIP

Optics Communications 227 (2003) 371–382 /locate/optcom A novel design method: a genetic algorithm applied to an erbium-doped fiber amplifier Cheng Cheng *, Zhijun Xu, Chenghua Sui Department of Applied Physics, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, PR China Received 25 July 2003; received in revised form 20 September 2003; accepted 21 September 2003 Abstract A novel design method – a genetic algorithm applied to an erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) is presented for obtaining maximum gains and bandwidths. With differently objective functions and pumping powers, applying the genetic algorithm optimizes three parameters (fiber length L , pumping wavelength k and signal power P ) of the given p s single fiber EDFA by solving the rate and power propagation equations. There is evidence that the optimal pumping wavelengths depend on the pumping powers. The usual 1480-nm pump is not an optimal choice for different appli- cations of EDFAs, and the pump should be chosen in the lower wavelength ranges than 1480 nm for obtaining both/ either the maximum gains and/or the broader bandwidths in the EDFAs. 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. PACS: 42.60.Da Keywords: Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Genetic algorithm; Optimization design 1. Introduction old of 3 dB. As a key device, EDFA configures wavelength division multiplexing systems (WDMs) Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) have in optical telecommunications,