Title :
Highly Efficient Dual Wavelength Pumping Scheme for Thulium-Doped Fiber Amplifier
Author :
Nix, Mike ; Yam, Scott S H
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Queen´´s Univ., Kingston, Ont.
Abstract :
A novel 690 and 1400 nm dual wavelength pumping scheme for TDFA is proposed. Additional gain improvement of 6 dB is achieved at similar pumping level as previous demonstrations
Keywords :
laser beams; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; thulium; 6 dB; 690 to 1400 nm; TDFA gain characteristics; dual wavelength pumping scheme; thulium-doped fiber amplifier; Absorption; Costs; Doped fiber amplifiers; Energy states; Gain measurement; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fibers; Power measurement; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2006.279164
