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
fDate :
5/29/2003 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20030554
