Title :
A High-Efficiency Ytterbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier Designed for Interplanetary Laser Communications
Author :
Spellmeyer, Neal W. ; Caplan, David O. ; Robinson, Bryan S. ; Sandberg, David ; Stevens, Mark L. ; Willis, Matt M. ; Gapontsev, Denis V. ; Platonov, Nikolai S. ; Yusim, A.
Author_Institution :
Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Lexington
Abstract :
Design, performance, and environmental screening of flight prototype Ytterbium amplifiers designed for the Mars Laser Communications Demonstration are described. The high-reliability design delivered >8-W average power with low-duty-cycle PPM waveforms and >21% electrical-to-optical conversion efficiency.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical links; space communication links; ytterbium; Mars Laser Communications Demonstration; electrical-to-optical conversion efficiency; interplanetary laser communication; ytterbium amplifier; ytterbium-doped fiber amplifier; Diodes; Fiber lasers; Optical amplifiers; Optical design; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical transmitters; Pulse amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-831-4
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348555
