Gain flatness of a planar optical waveguide amplifier

Author

Delavaux, J.-M.P. ; McIntosh, C. ; Shmulovich, J. ; Bruce, A.J. ; Pattnaik, R.K. ; Wirstiuk, B.R.

Author_Institution

Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

7-10 March 2000

Firstpage

3

Abstract

We report on the broad gain and gain flatness spectra (1530-1565 nm) of a 14 cm long Er/sup 3+/ doped aluminosilicate waveguide amplifier pumped at 1470 nm. We demonstrate its successful use as an in-line amplifier in an 8 channels WDM 155 Mbit/s transmission fiber experiment.

Keywords

erbium; impurity absorption spectra; infrared spectra; laser transitions; optical communication equipment; optical planar waveguides; optical pumping; solid lasers; waveguide lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; 14 cm; 1470 nm; 1530 to 1560 nm; 155 Mbit/s; Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/-SiO/sub 2/:Er; Er/sup 3+/-doped aluminosilicate waveguide laser amplifier; WDM Mbit/s transmission fiber experiment; gain flatness; gain flatness spectra; in-line amplifier; planar optical waveguide amplifier; Doped fiber amplifiers; Erbium; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical planar waveguides; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-630-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2000.868222

Filename

868222