Title :
High-gain, polarization-preserving, Yb-doped fiber amplifier for low-duty-cycle pulse amplification
Author :
Marciante, J.R. ; Zuegel, J.D.
Author_Institution :
Lab. for Laser Energetics, Rochester Univ., NY, USA
Abstract :
An alignment-free, dual-pass, ytterbium-doped fiber amplifier with 25-dB gain and -44 dB noise floor is demonstrated for amplifying linearly polarized optical pulses with low duty cycle at a wavelength 23 nm off the gain peak.
Keywords :
laser beams; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; optical transmitters; wavelength division multiplexing; ytterbium; -44 dB; 25 dB; WDM; Yb-doped fiber amplifier; dual-pass configuration; low-duty-cycle linearly polarized optical pulse amplification; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Low-noise amplifiers; Mirrors; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Packaging; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1549128
