Title :
Ultra-wideband tellurite-based Raman fibre amplifier
Author :
Mori, A. ; Masuda, H. ; Shikano, K. ; Oikawa, K. ; Kato, K. ; Shimizu, M.
Author_Institution :
NTT Photonics Labs., Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp., Ibaraki, Japan
fDate :
11/22/2001 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The first wideband tellurite-based Raman fibre amplifier is described. The amplifier provided a 160 mn bandwidth with a gain of over 10 dB and a noise figure below 10 dB from 1490 to 1650 nm with a tellurite-based fibre only 250 m in length pumped by 4 wavelength channel LDs
Keywords :
Raman lasers; error statistics; laser beams; laser noise; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; wideband amplifiers; 10 dB; 1490 to 1650 nm; 250 m; Raman fibre amplifier; amplifier; fibre laser pumping; gain; noise figure; tellurite-based Raman fibre amplifier; tellurite-based fibre; ultra-wideband Raman fibre amplif ier; ultra-wideband tellurite-based Raman fibre amplifier; wavelength channel laser diodes;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20011004
