Title :
High power side-pumped Er/Yb doped fiber amplifier
Author :
Goldberg, L. ; Koplow, J.
Author_Institution :
Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
A high-power Er/Yb double-cladding fiber amplifier, side-pumped through a V-groove by a 100-/spl mu/m-wide broad stripe laser diode exhibited 32 dBm output power, 57 dB small signal gain, a 3 dB gain compression at 28 dBm, and a 15% electrical to optical power conversion efficiency.
Keywords :
erbium; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre cladding; optical pumping; ytterbium; 1.5 W; 15 percent; 57 dB; Er/Yb doped fiber amplifier; V-groove; broad stripe laser diode pump; codoping; double-cladding; high-power fiber amplifier; side-pumped fiber amplifier; Diode lasers; Doped fiber amplifiers; Erbium; Gain; High power amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-582-X
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1999.766314
