Excited-state-absorption cross sections and amplifier modeling in the 1300-nm region for Nd-doped glasses

Author

Zemon, S. ; Pedersen, B. ; Lambert, G. ; Miniscalco, W.J. ; Hall, B.T. ; Folweiler, R.C. ; Thompson, B.A. ; Andrews, L.J.

Author_Institution

GTE Labs., Waltham, MA, USA

Volume

4

Issue

3

fYear

1992

fDate

3/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

244

Lastpage

247

Abstract

The performance of Nd/sup 3+/-doped fibre amplifiers is limited by strong excited-state absorption (ESA) of the signal, and, even for fluorozirconate glasses, ESA prevents the important region below 1320 nm from being used. To quantify this limitation and explore alternative host materials, ESA and stimulated-emission cross sections have been measured for a representative group of glass compositions. These parameters have been used in an accurate fiber-amplifier model to provide the first quantitative comparisons of performance for Nd/sup 3+/-doped glasses in the 1300-nm band as a function of host.<>

Keywords

fibre lasers; fluorine compounds; infrared spectra of inorganic solids; neodymium; optical glass; phosphate glasses; stimulated emission; 1300 nm; IR; Nd/sup 3+/-doped fibre amplifiers; Nd/sup 3+/-doped glasses; ZBLAN; ZrF4-BaF2-LaF3-AlF3-NaF; amplified spontaneous emission; amplifier modeling; excited state absorption cross-section; fiber-amplifier model; fluorophosphate glass; fluorozirconate glasses; glass compositions; host materials; stimulated-emission cross sections; Absorption; Composite materials; Fiber lasers; Glass; Laboratories; Laser excitation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Probes; Signal to noise ratio; Windows;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.122380

Filename

122380