Title :
Low-noise Pr3+-doped fluoride fibre amplifier
Author :
Yamada, M. ; Shimizu, M. ; Yoshinaga, H. ; Kikushima, K. ; Kanamori, T. ; Ohishi, Y. ; Terunuma, Y. ; Oikawa, K. ; Sudo, S.
Author_Institution :
NTT Opto-Electron. Labs., Ibaraki, Japan
fDate :
5/11/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors have constructed a Pr3+-doped fluoride amplifier (PDFA) module pumped by an Nd-YLF laser. The maximum signal gain and noise figure were 20 dB and 5 dB respectively. An output power of 19.2 dBm was achieved at an input signal power of 11.0 dBm. It was confirmed that this PDFA module has low-noise characteristics from experimental results on its use in a subcarrier multiplexed multichannel AM-VSB video signal transmission
Keywords :
fibre lasers; fluoride glasses; optical communication equipment; optical pumping; praseodymium; subcarrier multiplexing; video signals; 20 dB; 5 dB; AM-VSB video signal transmission; PDFA; fibre amplifier; input signal power; low-noise characteristics; optical pumping; output power; signal gain; subcarrier multiplexed multichannel transmission;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19950562