Title :
80 nm spectrally flattened, high power erbium amplified spontaneous emission fibre source
Author :
Espindola, R.P. ; Ales, G. ; Park, J. ; Strasser, T.A.
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol. Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ, USA
fDate :
7/20/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A novel two-stage spectrally flattened, high output power erbium amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) fibre source pumped using a single laser diode pump is reported. The source has a bandwidth of 80 nm with a 1 dB ripple and output power of +13 dBm (20 mW)
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; erbium; laser beams; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre filters; optical pumping; superradiance; 20 mW; Er amplified spontaneous emission fibre source; Er fibre laser; amplified spontaneous emission; bandwidth; laser diode pump; long-period fibre grating filter; output power; ripple; spectrally flattened high power fibre source; two-stage spectrally flattened high output power amplified spontaneous emission fibre source;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20000889
