Title :
Experimental Realization of Silica–Glass Tm-Doped Fiber Amplifier With 11.3-dB Gain
Author :
Watekar, Pramod R. ; Ju, Seongmin ; Han, Won-Taek
Author_Institution :
Gwangju Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Gwangju
Abstract :
We report the experimental realization of thulium-doped silica-glass fiber amplifier at 1470 nm. The gain was 11.3 dB upon pumping with 1064-nm fiber laser (2000 mW) and noise figure was about 5 dB.
Keywords :
laser beams; optical fibre amplifiers; optical glass; optical pumping; thulium; fiber laser; gain 11.3 dB; noise figure 5 dB; optical pumping; power 2000 mW; thulium-doped silica-glass fiber amplifier; wavelength 1064 nm; wavelength 1470 nm; Energy states; Fiber lasers; Gain; Glass; Laser excitation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Phonons; Pump lasers; Excited state emission; fiber amplifier; thulium (Tm)-doped silica–glass fiber amplifier (TDFA);
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2007.903758
