• DocumentCode
    1562740
  • Title

    Cladding-Pumped EDFAs: Yb Free or Co-doped

  • Author

    Minelly, John D ; Desmoulins, Sebastian ; Savage-Leuchs, M. ; Dilley, Christian E

  • Author_Institution
    Aculight Corp., Bothell, WA, USA
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Yb-free high-power erbium amplifiers can overcome the compositional restrictions of Yb-Er co-doped fibers. Some advantages include, higher energy storage, improved beam-quality and absence of parasitic 1060 nm lasing. Progress in both approaches is described.
  • Keywords
    erbium; laser beams; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre cladding; optical pumping; ytterbium; EDFA; JkJk:Er; JkJk:Er,Co; JkJk:Yb,Er; beam quality; cladding pumping; erbium amplifiers; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; High power amplifiers; Laser excitation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fibers; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-856-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2008.4528783
  • Filename
    4528783