Title :
Er/Ce Codoped Tellurite Fibre Amplifier for High-Gain and Low-Noise Operation
Author :
Wei, Y.Q. ; Harsh, A. ; Penty, Richard V. ; White, Ian H. ; Shen, Shikui ; Jha, Abhishek
Author_Institution :
Eng. Dept., Cambridge Univ., Cambridge, UK
Abstract :
A high performance Er/Ce codoped tellurite fibre amplifier is presented. A 980-nm pumped fibre of only 22 cm length exhibits a net peak gain of 22 dB and a noise figure (NF) below 4.4 dB.
Keywords :
cerium; erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; Ce; Er; fibre amplifier; pumped fibre; wavelength 980 nm; Erbium; Glass; Low-noise amplifiers; Noise figure; Operational amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber testing; Optical pumping; Wavelength division multiplexing;
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.2008.4528646
