Title :
Bismuth-doped optical fiber amplifier for 1430 nm band pumped by 1310 nm laser diode
Author :
Melkumov, M.A. ; Bufetov, I.A. ; Shubin, A.V. ; Firstov, S.V. ; Khopin, V.F. ; Guryanov, A.N. ; Dianov, E.M.
Author_Institution :
Fiber Opt. Res. Center, Russian Acad. of Sci., Moscow, Russia
Abstract :
A 24dB gain Bismuth-doped fibre amplifier pumped by a 65mW commercial laser diode at 1310nm is reported for the first time. A 3dB bandwidth of 36nm and a noise figure of 6dB are demonstrated.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; gain 24 dB; noise figure 6 dB; power 65 mW; wavelength 1310 nm; wavelength 1430 nm; Gain; Optical amplifiers; Optical feedback; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pumping;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0213-6
