Title :
90 nm gain extension towards 1.7 μm for diode-pumped silica-based thulium-doped fiber amplifiers
Author :
Li, Zuyi ; Alam, S.U. ; Daniel, J.M.O. ; Shardlow, P.C. ; Jain, Divya ; Simakov, N. ; Heidt, Alexander M. ; Jung, Yongmin ; Sahu, J.K. ; Clarkson, W.A. ; Richardson, D.J.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
We report the first demonstration of in-band diode-pumped silica-based thulium-doped fiber amplifiers working in the 1.7-1.8 μm waveband. Compared to previously reported results, 90 nm gain extension has been achieved by exploiting novel amplifier designs.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; silicon compounds; thulium; amplifier designs; gain extension; in-band diode-pumped silica-based TDFA; thulium-doped fiber amplifiers; wavelength 1.7 mum to 1.8 mum; Gain; Insertion loss; Noise measurement; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964109
