Title :
A Small-Signal Power Model for Tm-Doped Silica-Glass Optical Fiber Amplifier
Author :
Watekar, Pramod R. ; Ju, Seongmin ; Han, Won-Taek
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. & Commun., Gwangju Inst. of Sci. & Technol.
Abstract :
We propose and demonstrate experimentally a small-signal and small-gain regime model to analyze Tm-doped silica-glass optical fiber for amplifier application
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; optical glass; silicon compounds; thulium; SiO2:Tm; Tm-doping; silica-glass optical fiber amplifier; small-signal power model; Energy states; Glass; Laser excitation; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical pumping; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Fiber amplifier; thulium-doped optical fiber amplifier (TDFA); upconversion;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2006.883299
