DocumentCode
1224274
Title
100 nm gain bandwidth amplifier based on 980 nm pumped cerium codoped fluoride EDF
Author
Akasaka, Y. ; Kubota, Y. ; Sakaguchi, S. ; White, I. ; Pan, J.
Author_Institution
Adv. Technol. Lab., Burlingame, CA, USA
Volume
39
Issue
11
fYear
2003
fDate
5/29/2003 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
836
Lastpage
838
Abstract
A 65 nm EDFA and a 100 nm EDFA/Raman hybrid amplifier with over 20 dB gain based on cerium codoped fluoride EDF with 980 nm pumping are demonstrated. The hybrid configuration also achieves low-noise performance over 100 nm.
Keywords
Raman lasers; cerium; erbium; laser noise; optical fibre amplifiers; 980 nm; EDFA; EDFA/Raman hybrid amplifier; ZBLAN; ZBLAN:Er,Ce; ZrF4-BaF2-LaF3-AlF3-NaF:Er,Ce; bandwidth; fibre amplifiers; low-noise performance; optical fibres;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20030554
Filename
1207223
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