Title :
Cascaded two wavelength lasers and their effects on C-band amplification performance for Er3+-doped fluoride fiber
Author :
Qin, Guanshi ; Yamashita, Tatsuya ; Ohishi, Yasutake
Author_Institution :
Toyota Technol. Inst., Nagoya
Abstract :
We report cascaded two-wavelength 853 nm and 1533 nm lasing from Er3+-doped fluoride fiber pumped at 974 nm. A new way to get high efficiency and low noise C-band amplifier is suggested for Er3+-doped fibers with low phonon energy.
Keywords :
aluminium compounds; barium compounds; erbium; fluoride glasses; lanthanum compounds; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser noise; optical fibre amplifiers; optical glass; optical pumping; sodium compounds; zirconium compounds; C-band amplifier; Er3+-doped fluoride fiber; ZBLAN; ZBLAN:Er3+; cascaded two wavelength laser; wavelength 1533 nm; wavelength 853 nm; wavelength 974 nm; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser noise; Laser transitions; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Quantum cascade lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453511
