Title :
80 nm ultra-wideband erbium-doped silica fibre amplifier
Author :
Sun, Yue ; Sulhoff, J.W. ; SRIVASTAVA, ANURAG K. ; Zyskind, J.L. ; Strasser, T.A. ; Pedrazzani, J.R. ; Wolf, Christian ; Zhou, J. ; Judkins, J.B. ; Espindola, R.P. ; Vengsarkar, A.M.
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol., Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ
fDate :
11/6/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors demonstrate a two band architecture for an ultrawideband erbium-doped silica fibre amplifier with a record optical bandwidth of 80 nm. To obtain a low noise figure and high output power, the two bands share a common first gain section and have distinct second gain sections
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; laser noise; optical communication equipment; wavelength division multiplexing; Er-doped silica fibre amplifier; SiO2:Er; WDM; common first gain section; distinct second gain sections; high output power; low noise figure; two band architecture; ultra-wideband fibre amplifier;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19971305
