Title :
Extending S-band of EDFA to 1450 nm
Author :
Kakkar, Charu ; Thyagarajan, K.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Delhi, Delhi
Abstract :
We show that it is possible to extend the operation of an erbium doped fiber amplifier to amplify in the conventionally inaccessible wavelength band of (1450-1480) nm, with >20 dB gain using reasonable pump power.
Keywords :
erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre cladding; optical pumping; superradiance; S-band amplification; amplified spontaneous emission; erbium doped fiber amplifier; pump power; segmented-clad fiber design; wavelength 1450 nm to 1480 nm; Absorption; Bandwidth; Doped fiber amplifiers; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Filtering; Gain; Physics; Power amplifiers; Refractive index;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453528
