Performance evaluation of Er3+-doped chalcogenide microstructured optical fiber amplifiers

Author

de Sario, M. ; Mescia, L. ; Prudenzano, F. ; Smektala, F. ; Houizot, P. ; Desevedavy, F. ; Troles, J.

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Electtrotecnica ed Electtronica, Politecnico di Bari

Volume

2

fYear

2006

fDate

18-22 June 2006

Firstpage

207

Lastpage

210

Abstract

The feasibility of an Er³⁺-doped chalcogenide microstructured optical fiber amplifier has been demonstrated via accurate simulations performed by employing an appositely refined, home made, computer code. The optical and geometrical parameters measured on the first samples of microstructured optical fibers together with other physical constants taken by literature are considered in the simulation. The calculated optical gain of the amplifier, made of an Er³⁺-doped chalcogenide microstructured fiber 2.64 m long, is close to 19.70 dB in the small signal operation, by using a pump power of 200 mW

Keywords

chalcogenide glasses; erbium; micro-optics; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; 2.64 m; 200 mW; Er³⁺-doped chalcogenide; microstructured optical fiber amplifiers; optical gain; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Erbium; Geometrical optics; Home computing; Optical computing; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Stimulated emission; chalcogenide; fiber amplifiers; holey fibers; modeling; rare earth;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2006 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nottingham

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0235-2

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0236-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2006.248375

Filename

4013771