Title :
Amplification at 1400–1450 nm of the Large-Core Nd-Doped Fiber by White LED Pumping
Author :
Lin Htein ; Weiwei Fan ; Watekar, Pramod R ; Won-Taek Han
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Photonics & Appl. Phys., Gwangju Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Gwangju, South Korea
Abstract :
A novel cost-effective fiber amplifier operating over 1400-1450 nm is developed based on pumping of a large-core Nd-doped fiber with a high-power white light-emitting diode (LED). An optical gain of 6 dB at 1400 nm is obtained by simultaneously exciting the multiple absorption bands in the visible wavelength of the Nd-doped fiber.
Keywords :
neodymium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; fiber amplifier; gain 6 dB; high power white light emitting diode; large core fiber; multiple absorption band; visible wavelength; wavelength 1400 nm to 1450 nm; white LED pumping; Light-emitting diode pumping; neodymium; optical fiber amplifier;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2013.2259587
