DocumentCode
444438
Title
Low-noise, efficient erbium-doped phosphosilicate fiber amplifiers extending to 1620 nm
Author
Qian, L. ; Gupta, S. ; Bolen, R.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Toronto Univ., Ont., Canada
Volume
2
fYear
2005
fDate
22-27 May 2005
Firstpage
1295
Abstract
We report 1570-1620 nm amplification using phosphosilicate EDFAs, achieving record-low noise figure of ≤5.5 dB at 2 dBm input, 27% overall power conversion efficiency with gain flattening (64% highest erbium coil PCE), and 22 dBm of output power.
Keywords
erbium; laser beams; optical fibre amplifiers; phosphosilicate glasses; 1570 to 1620 nm; erbium-doped phosphosilicate fiber amplifier; phosphosilicate EDFA; power conversion efficiency; Absorption; Bandwidth; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; L-band; Low-noise amplifiers; Noise figure; Noise measurement; Optical fiber amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN
1-55752-796-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/QELS.2005.1549110
Filename
1549110
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