Title :
Yb-ASE-Free Er Amplification in Short-Wavelength Filtered Er:Yb Photonic-Crystal Fiber
Author :
Shirakawa, Akira ; Suzuki, Hajime ; Tanisho, Motoyuki ; Ueda, Kazunori
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Laser Sci., Univ. of Electro-Commun., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
The short-wavelength cutoff property of photonic-crystal fiber was applied to Er:Yb fiber amplification. Appropriate bending gives >10 dB/m distributed filtering in the Yb band and suppression of ASE and parasitic lasing has been successfully demonstrated.
Keywords :
erbium; nonlinear optics; optical fibre amplifiers; photonic crystals; ytterbium; Er:Yb fiber amplification; Er:Yb photonic-crystal fiber; Jk:Er,Yb; Yb-ASE-free Er amplification; distributed filtering; parasitic lasing; short-wavelength cutoff property; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Filtering; High power amplifiers; Laser beam cutting; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Photonic crystal fibers; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528497
