Recent progress of high power laser diodes for EDFA pumping

Author

Kasukawa, A.

Author_Institution

R&D Labs., Furukawa Electr. Co. Ltd., Yokohama, Japan

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

21-26 Feb. 1999

Firstpage

20

Abstract

We review the state-of-the-art of both 980-nm and 1480-nm lasers for erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) pumping. High coupled power >200 mW as well as high reliability operation can support a dense wavelength-division multiplexed network. We demonstrate high-power EDFA with multipumping length-stabilized pump modules.

Keywords

diffraction gratings; laser reliability; laser transitions; modules; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; 1480 nm; 1480-nm lasers; 200 mW; 980 nm; 980-nm lasers; EDFA pumping; dense wavelength-division multiplexed network; erbium-doped fiber amplifier; high coupled power; high power laser diodes; high reliability operation; high-power EDFA; multipumping length-stabilized pump modules; review; Aging; Diode lasers; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical coupling; Passivation; Power generation; Power lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-582-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1999.767780

Filename

767780