• DocumentCode
    1518350
  • Title

    Determination of homogeneous linewidth by spectral gain hole-burning in an erbium-doped fiber amplifier with GeO/sub 2/:SiO/sub 2/ core

  • Author

    Zyskind, J.L. ; Desurvire, E. ; Sulhoff, J.W. ; Di Giovanni, D.J.

  • Author_Institution
    AT&T Bell Lab., Holmdel, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    1990
  • Firstpage
    869
  • Lastpage
    871
  • Abstract
    Spectral gain hole-burning was observed at low temperatures in an erbium-doped fiber amplifier with GeO/sub 2/:SiO/sub 2/ core. At the peak wavelength lambda =1.535 mu m, homogeneous linewidths determined from the observed hole widths have a power-law dependence on temperature. At room temperature, the extrapolated homogeneous linewidth is 4 nm and the inhomogeneous linewidth is 8 nm.<>
  • Keywords
    erbium; fibre lasers; optical hole burning; spectral line breadth; 1.535 micron; Er:fibre amplifiers; SiO/sub 2/-GeO/sub 2/ fibre core; hole widths; homogeneous linewidth; inhomogeneous linewidth; peak wavelength; power-law dependence; room temperature; spectral gain hole-burning; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Tunable circuits and devices;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/68.62013
  • Filename
    62013