Title :
One-stage erbium ASE source with 80 nm bandwidth and low ripples
Author :
Huang, W.C. ; Wai, P.K.A. ; Tam, H.Y. ; Dong, X.Y. ; Ming, Hai ; Xie, J.P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Sci. & Technol. of China, Hefei, China
fDate :
8/15/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A one-stage erbium ASE source that has an 80 nm flat bandwidth is demonstrated. The ASE source is realised in a 37 m erbium-doped fibre with a 1480 nm laser diode and a 980 nm laser diode as forward and backward pumps respectively. High output power up to 13.5 dBm is obtained with a total pump power of 95.7 mW
Keywords :
erbium; light sources; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; superradiance; 1480 nm; 37 m; 80 nm flat bandwidth; 95.7 mW; 980 nm; Er-doped fibre; amplified spontaneous emission; backward ASE spectra; high output power; incoherent broadband optical source; laser diode backward pump; laser diode forward pump; low ripples; one-stage Er ASE source; output ASE spectra; total pump power;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20020689
