• DocumentCode
    3592597
  • Title

    Holmium-doped fiber amplifier for optical communications at 2.05 – 2.13 µm

  • Author

    Simakov, N. ; Li, Z. ; Alam, S.U. ; Shardlow, P.C. ; Daniel, J.M.O. ; Jain, D. ; Sahu, J.K. ; Hemming, A. ; Clarkson, W.A. ; Richardson, D.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We report the realization of a wideband holmium doped fiber amplifier designed for optical communications over 2050 - 2130 nm, providing up to 28 dB small signal gain and 4 - 9.5 dB noise figure.
  • Keywords
    holmium; laser noise; optical communication equipment; optical design techniques; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; gain 28 dB; noise figure; noise figure 4 dB to 9.5 dB; optical communications; signal gain; wavelength 2.05 mum to 2.13 mum; wideband holmium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber lasers; Gain; Laser excitation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7121802