Title :
All-fibre, high power, cladding-pumped 1565nm MOPA pumped by high brightness 1535nm pump sources
Author :
Alam, S.-U. ; Harker, A.T. ; Horley, R.J. ; Ghiringhelli, F. ; Varnham, M.P. ; Turner, P.W. ; Zervas, M.N. ; Norman, S.R.
Author_Institution :
SPI Lasers UK Ltd., Southampton
Abstract :
We have demonstrated for the first time a cladding pumped C-band amplifier using high brightness in-band pump source at 1535 nm. Output power >10 W was obtained at 1565 nm with better than 40 dB OSNR.
Keywords :
laser beams; microwave photonics; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre cladding; optical pumping; all-fibre amplifier system; cladding pumped C-band amplifier; cladding-pumped MOPA; high brightness in-band pump sources; laser output power; wavelength 1535 nm; wavelength 1565 nm; Brightness; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Optical amplifiers; Optical noise; Optical pumping; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Pump lasers; Signal to noise ratio; (060.0060) Fiber Optics and Optical Communications; (060.2320) Fiber Optics Amplifiers and Oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
