Title :
30dBm Wideband Air-Clad EDFA Using Two Pump Lasers
Author :
Koch, Friedrich ; Palsdottir, Bera ; Olsen, J.O. ; Veng, Torben ; Flintham, Barrie ; Keys, Robert
Author_Institution :
Bookham Technol., Paignton, UK
Abstract :
The performance of a 30dBm erbium amplifier using air-clad fibre and only two 980nm pumps is reported. The amplifier is characterized by a low noise figure and low gain ripple over the entire C band.
Keywords :
erbium; microwave amplifiers; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; EDFA; air clad fibre; pump lasers; wavelength 980 nm; Broadband amplifiers; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser noise; Low-noise amplifiers; Noise figure; Pump lasers; Wideband;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528782
