Performance of high-concentration Er3+-Yb3+-codoped phosphate fiber amplifiers

被引:77
作者
Hu, YD [1 ]
Jiang, SB
Luo, T
Seneschal, K
Morrell, M
Smektala, F
Honkanen, S
Lucas, J
Peyghambarian, N
机构
[1] Univ Arizona, Ctr Opt Sci, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
[2] NP Photon Inc, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
[3] Univ Rennes 1, Lab Verres & Ceram, Rennes, France
关键词
erbium-ytterbium-codoped fiber amplifiers and; rare-earth doped materials; optical fiber amplifiers; optical fiber measurements; phosphate fiber amplifiers;
D O I
10.1109/68.930405
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Performance of high-concentration Er3+-Yb3+-codoped phosphate fiber amplifiers in a copumping configuration is presented. Gain, noise figure, and output signal saturation power of fiber amplifiers with different lengths are reported. From a 3.6-cm-long fiber, 18-dB internal gain, i.e., 5 dB/cm, for small signal input at 1535 nm, was achieved. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest gain per unit length for erbium-doped fiber amplifiers ever reported.
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页数:3
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