• DocumentCode
    1151385
  • Title

    Analysis of the performance expected in fluorosphosphate erbium-doped fiber amplifiers with the 800 nm pump band

  • Author

    Bastien, Steven P. ; Sunak, Harish R D

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Rhode Island Univ., Kingston, RI, USA
  • Volume
    3
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    1991
  • Firstpage
    1088
  • Lastpage
    1091
  • Abstract
    With the use of a comprehensive spectral and spatial computer model, the authors analyze the performance that can be expected in fluorophosphate (FP) glass erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) with 800 nm band pumping. Due to the smaller excited state absorption, the fluorophosphate host glass shows about a 4 dB advantage in small signal gain (SSG) over alumino-silicate EDFAs with bidirectional pumping, and nearly double the output signal power under similar conditions.<>
  • Keywords
    erbium; fibre lasers; fluoride glasses; optical glass; optical pumping; phosphate glasses; 800 nm; Er-doped fibre amplifiers; band pumping; excited state absorption; fluorophosphate glass; fluorophosphate host glass; output signal power; small signal gain; spatial computer model; spectral computer model; Absorption; Availability; Diode lasers; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Glass; Laser excitation; Optical fiber LAN; Optical fiber communication; Performance analysis; Stationary state;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/68.118010
  • Filename
    118010