• DocumentCode
    1771874
  • Title

    Thulium assisted parametric conversion from near to short wave infrared

  • Author

    Billat, Adrien ; Cordette, Steevy ; Yu-Pei Tseng ; Bres, C.-S.

  • Author_Institution
    Photonic Syst. Lab., Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report an all-fiber continuous wave source, tunable between 1935-1980nm, based on parametric conversion combined with thulium amplification. More than 150mW of power and 30dB optical signal-to-noise ratio is obtained over the entire range.
  • Keywords
    laser noise; laser tuning; optical fibre amplifiers; optical parametric amplifiers; thulium; all-fiber continuous wave source; optical signal-to-noise ratio; thulium amplification; thulium assisted parametric conversion; wavelength 1935 nm to 1980 nm; Optical amplifiers; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical filters; Optical pumping;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989651