Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE
Schematic representations for teaching the procedure of optical amplification in fiber amplifiers
Cüneyt Berkdemir, Sedat Özsoy
Abstract
We present the schematic representations for teaching the procedure of optical amplification in erbium and praseodymium doped fiber amplifiers by using rate equations models. The behaviour of these types of amplifiers is the same as three (for erbium ion) and four (for praseodymium ion) levels atomic systems, respectively. Most of the important characteristics of these amplifiers can be obtained from these simple models and their underlying assumptions. Hence, we can make use of these approaches for teaching the purposes of procedures in fiber amplifiers. For this aim, the gain performances of Er3+ and Pr3+-doped fiber amplifiers are investigated at the educational level, using the temperature-dependent rate equation model.