Title :
Design, performance, and reliability of 980 nm pump lasers
Author :
Smith, G.M. ; Yang, G. ; Davis, M.K. ; Solimine, S.D. ; Bhat, R. ; Liu, W. ; Loeber, D.A.S. ; Yang, F. ; Kussmaul, A. ; Hu, M.H. ; Liu, X.S. ; Zah, C.E.
Author_Institution :
Corning Lasertron, Bedford, MA, USA
Abstract :
This paper extensively studies the design and resulting performance of high power EDFA pump lasers to increase the operating power with each generation of chip developed while maintaining or improving other critical design features.
Keywords :
erbium; optical design techniques; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; reliability; 980 nm; EDFA; high power pump lasers; laser design; laser performance; reliability; Doped fiber amplifiers; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser stability; Optical design; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7888-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2003.1251886
