Title :
Novel pumping schemes for thulium doped fiber amplifier
Author :
Roy, F. ; Bayart, D. ; Baniel, P.
Author_Institution :
Alcatel Corporate Res. Center, Marcoussis, France
Abstract :
With 1064 nm pumping, 5 dB extra gain is exhibited, and with a two-wavelengths pumping, 5 nm gain broadening and 16 nm gain shifting are experimentally shown for the thulium doped fluoride fiber amplifier.
Keywords :
laser transitions; optical communication equipment; optical fiber amplifiers; optical pumping; thulium; wavelength division multiplexing; 1064 nm; 5 dB; Tm-doped fluoride fiber amplifier; extra gain; gain broadening; gain shifting; pumping schemes; thulium doped fiber amplifier; two-wavelengths pumping; Absorption; Bidirectional control; Doped fiber amplifiers; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Noise figure; Noise measurement; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber testing; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-630-3
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2000.868226
