High-gain and low-noise-figure erbium-doped fiber amplifier employing dual stage quadruple pass technique

A high-gain and low-noise-figure (NF) erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) was demonstrated utilizing a new technique called the dual-stage quadruple pass (DSQP) with filters. An efficient amplification occurs at the signal wavelength of 1550 nm when it travels along the DSQP amplifier. The highest gain of 62.56 dB with a low noise figure of 3.98 dB was achieved for an input signal power of -50 dBm and pump powers of 10 and 165mW in the second and first stage amplifiers respectively.