Title :
Multicore erbium doped fiber amplifier with 5 THz bandwidth, high-gain and low NF
Author :
Tsuchida, Yukihiro ; Maeda, Kumiko ; Miura, Jun ; Watanabe, K. ; Saito, Takashi ; Igarashi, Koji ; Tsuritani, Takehiro ; Morita, Itsuro ; Ito, Takao ; Fukuchi, Kiyoshi ; Sugizaki, Ryuichi
Author_Institution :
Furukawa Electr. Co., Ltd., Chiba, Japan
Abstract :
Core-pumped 7-core EDFA with two stage amplification is realized. Combination of its higher gain and GFF enables wide bandwidth operation. NF of Less than 5.5 dB is achieved with improved fan-in device.
Keywords :
erbium; laser noise; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre filters; optical pumping; GFF; bandwidth 5 THz; core-pumped 7-core EDFA; fan-in device; gain flattening filter; high-gain noise figure; low noise figure; multicore erbium doped fiber amplifier; two stage amplification; wide bandwidth operation; Bandwidth; Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; Gain; Noise measurement; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Waikoloa, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5059-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHOSST.2013.6614508
