Title :
Novel pumping scheme study for fluoride-based thulium-doped fiber amplifier at 690 nm
Author :
Yam, S.S.-H. ; Akasaka, Y. ; Kubota, Y. ; Inoue, H. ; Parameswaran, K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Queen´´s Univ., Canada
Abstract :
Simultaneous pumping of thulium-doped fiber amplifier (TDFA) with 690 nm and 1050 nm (or 1400 nm) is highly efficient and cost-competitive due to availability of 690 nm digital video disk (DVD) laser diodes.
Keywords :
fluoride glasses; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; thulium; 690 to 1400 nm; DVD laser diodes; digital video disk laser diodes; fluoride-based thulium-doped fiber amplifier; optical access networks; simultaneous pumping; Doped fiber amplifiers; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pumping; Optical transmitters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Solid lasers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.192737
