• DocumentCode
    1214021
  • Title

    Highly efficient 978 nm dipole-pumped erbium-doped fibre amplifier with 24 dB gain

  • Author

    Vodhanel, R.S. ; Laming, R.I. ; Shah, Virali ; Curtis, L. ; Bour, D.P. ; Barnes, Walter L. ; Minelly, John D ; Tarbox, E.J. ; Favire, F.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Bellcore, Red Bank, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    25
  • Issue
    20
  • fYear
    1989
  • Firstpage
    1386
  • Lastpage
    1388
  • Abstract
    Reports an Er3+-doped fibre amplifier pumped with a strained GaInAs/AlGaAs quantum-well dipole laser operating at 978 nm. Efficient optical coupling of the diode laser pump was achieved with a wedge-tipped fibre. An optical gain of 24 dB at 1535 nm was obtained with only 6.2 mW of pump power, corresponding to a gain of 3.9 dB/mW of pump power. This is the highest efficiency for a fibre amplifier achieved this far.
  • Keywords
    erbium; fibre optics; germanium compounds; laser transitions; optical communication equipment; optical pumping; silicon compounds; solid lasers; 1535 nm; 24 dB; 6.2 mW; 978 nm; GaInAs-AlGaAs; GeO 2-SiO 2:Er 3+; efficiency; optical coupling; optical pumping; quantum-well dipole laser; wedge-tipped fibre;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19890928
  • Filename
    34014
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1214021