Design of erbium-doped triangular photonic-crystal-fiber-based amplifiers

Author

Cucinotta, A. ; Poli, F. ; Selleri, S.

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Ingegneria dell´´Informazione, Univ. di Parma, Italy

Volume

16

Issue

9

fYear

2004

Firstpage

2027

Lastpage

2029

Abstract

The amplification properties of erbium-doped triangular photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) are analyzed by varying the pitch, the hole diameter, and the dopant radius by means of a full-vector finite-element modal formulation combined with a population and propagation rate equation solver. Fiber designs which allow us to greatly reduce splice losses are presented and it is demonstrated that PCF amplifiers may deliver gains of more than 47 dB with splice losses lower than 0.3 dB.

Keywords

erbium; finite element analysis; optical design techniques; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre losses; photonic crystals; amplification properties; erbium-doped triangular photonic crystal fibers; fiber designs; full-vector finite-element modal formulation; photonic crystal fiber amplifiers; population rate equation solver; propagation rate equation solver; splice losses; Doped fiber amplifiers; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Finite element methods; Maxwell equations; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber losses; Optical fibers; Photonic crystal fibers; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2004.833109

Filename

1325221