HIGH-POWER ERBIUM-DOPED-FIBER AMPLIFIERS OPERATING IN THE SATURATED REGIME

被引:44
作者
LAMING, RI
TOWNSEND, JE
PAYNE, DN
MELI, F
GRASSO, G
TARBOX, EJ
机构
[1] CAVI PIRELLI,MILAN,ITALY
[2] PIRELLI GEN PLC,HAMPSHIRE S09 5YE,ENGLAND
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10.1109/68.79772
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Highly saturated, erbium-doped fiber amplifiers can be employed as efficient power amplifiers. Differential pump-to-signal conversion efficiencies of 59%, (quantum-efficiency of 93%) can be obtained, resulting in 54 mW (+ 17.3 dBm) of amplified signal for only 100 mW of pump power at 978 nm. In addition, these amplifiers are shown to have virtually-flat spectral-gain characteristics with a 1 dB bandwidth in excess of 38 nm.
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