• DocumentCode
    2327485
  • Title

    Very short Er-doped silica glass fiber for L-band amplifiers

  • Author

    Tammela, S. ; Hotoleanu, M. ; Kiiveri, P. ; Valkonen, Harri ; Sarkilahti, S. ; Janka, K.

  • Author_Institution
    Liekki Oy, Lohja, Finland
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    23-28 March 2003
  • Firstpage
    376
  • Abstract
    We measured 44 dB gain using 12 m of highly Er-doped L-band silica fiber and 235 mW total pump power. Also QCE of 45% and NF <3.5 dB were demonstrated. The 3 dB bandwidth was 40 nm and average PMD was 1.5 fs/m.
  • Keywords
    erbium; glass fibres; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical pumping; silicon compounds; 12 m; 235 mW; 3.5 dB; 44 dB; 45 percent; L-band amplifiers; PMD; SiO2; optical pump power; quantum conversion efficiency; short Er-doped silica glass fiber; Diodes; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Glass; L-band; Laser excitation; Noise figure; Optical amplifiers; Power amplifiers; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-746-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2003.1248276
  • Filename
    1248276