DocumentCode
1495922
Title
Fluorescence-based measurement of g*(λ) for erbium-doped fluoride fiber amplifiers
Author
Tench, Robert E. ; Shimizu, Makoto
Author_Institution
Bell Labs., Lucent Technol., Breinigsville, PA, USA
Volume
15
Issue
8
fYear
1997
fDate
8/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1559
Lastpage
1564
Abstract
We report a direct measurement of the gain coefficient g* (λ) for an erbium-doped fluoride fiber from the longitudinal fluorescence spectrum of a 980-nm-pumped amplifier. Measurements of the absorption coefficient α(λ) and the saturation parameter ξ are also reported. The fluorescence-based g *(λ) is compared with the functional dependence predicted by McCumber theory
Keywords
absorption coefficients; erbium; fibre lasers; fluorescence; impurity absorption spectra; laser theory; optical fibre testing; optical pumping; 980 nm; McCumber theory; absorption coefficient; direct measurement; erbium-doped fluoride fiber; erbium-doped fluoride fiber amplifiers; fluorescence-based measurement; functional dependence; g*(λ); gain coefficient; longitudinal fluorescence spectrum; nm-pumped amplifier; optical fiber measurements; saturation parameter; Absorption; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fluorescence; Gain measurement; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber theory; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stationary state;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0733-8724
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/50.618390
Filename
618390
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