Title :
Optical reliability of cladding pump fiber for high power communication networks
Author :
LeGrange, Jane ; Vogel, Eva ; Quoi, Kathy ; DiGiovanni, David ; Hale, Arturo ; Pedrazzani, Renee ; Strasser, Tom ; LuValle, Michael
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol., AT&T Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
fDate :
6/21/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
High power lasers and amplifiers for communication networks based on cladding pump fiber operate at unprecedented power levels. The high power and unique structure of cladding pump fiber present new challenges to the optical reliability of lasers and amplifiers based on these novel fibers. In this paper we present results on the reliability of cladding pump fiber under high power both in the multimode pump waveguide and in the rare earth doped core
Keywords :
laser reliability; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre networks; optical pumping; cladding pump fiber; communication networks; high power amplifiers; high power communication networks; high power lasers; multimode pump waveguide; optical reliability; power levels; rare earth doped core; Fiber lasers; High power amplifiers; Laser excitation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical pumping; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Stimulated emission; Telecommunication network reliability;
Conference_Titel :
Military Communications Conference Proceedings, 1999. MILCOM 1999. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Atlantic City, NJ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5538-5
DOI :
10.1109/MILCOM.1999.822772
