Title :
Gain enhancement by ASE suppression in Er-doped all-solid microstructured fiber
Author :
Nagashima, Takuji ; Taru, Toshiki ; Tamaoki, Shinobu ; Sasaki, Takashi
Author_Institution :
Opt. Commun. R&D Labs., Sumitomo Electr. Ind., Ltd., Yokohama
Abstract :
An Er-doped all-solid microstructured fiber with an enhanced gain of 1.8 dB at 1.60 mum is successfully demonstrated by introducing the high-index periodic structure to filter out the ASE shorter than 1.56 mum.
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; holey fibres; laser beams; photonic band gap; photonic crystals; superradiance; ASE suppression; JkJk:Er; L-band EDFA; all-solid microstructured fiber; distributed wavelength filter; gain 1.8 dB; gain enhancement; high-index periodic structure; photonic bandgap fiber; wavelength 1.60 mum; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber nonlinear optics; Filters; Frequency; L-band; Optical fiber communication; Photonic crystal fibers; Refractive index; Resonance; (060.2410) Fibers, erbium; (060.4605)Microstructured fiber; (060.5295) Photonic crystal fibers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2606-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-865-0
