Title :
Cladding-Pumped EDFAs: Yb Free or Co-doped
Author :
Minelly, John D ; Desmoulins, Sebastian ; Savage-Leuchs, M. ; Dilley, Christian E
Author_Institution :
Aculight Corp., Bothell, WA, USA
Abstract :
Yb-free high-power erbium amplifiers can overcome the compositional restrictions of Yb-Er co-doped fibers. Some advantages include, higher energy storage, improved beam-quality and absence of parasitic 1060 nm lasing. Progress in both approaches is described.
Keywords :
erbium; laser beams; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre cladding; optical pumping; ytterbium; EDFA; JkJk:Er; JkJk:Er,Co; JkJk:Yb,Er; beam quality; cladding pumping; erbium amplifiers; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; High power amplifiers; Laser excitation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fibers; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528783
