DocumentCode
3526794
Title
Yb-ASE-Free Er Amplification in Short-Wavelength Filtered Er:Yb Photonic-Crystal Fiber
Author
Shirakawa, Akira ; Suzuki, Hajime ; Tanisho, Motoyuki ; Ueda, Kazunori
Author_Institution
Inst. for Laser Sci., Univ. of Electro-Commun., Tokyo, Japan
fYear
2008
fDate
24-28 Feb. 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
The short-wavelength cutoff property of photonic-crystal fiber was applied to Er:Yb fiber amplification. Appropriate bending gives >10 dB/m distributed filtering in the Yb band and suppression of ASE and parasitic lasing has been successfully demonstrated.
Keywords
erbium; nonlinear optics; optical fibre amplifiers; photonic crystals; ytterbium; Er:Yb fiber amplification; Er:Yb photonic-crystal fiber; Jk:Er,Yb; Yb-ASE-free Er amplification; distributed filtering; parasitic lasing; short-wavelength cutoff property; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Filtering; High power amplifiers; Laser beam cutting; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Photonic crystal fibers; Pump lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-856-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528497
Filename
4528497
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