• DocumentCode
    399084
  • Title

    Gain characteristics of thulium-doped tellurite fiber amplifiers by dual-wavelength (800nm+1064 nm) pumping

  • Author

    Cucinotta, A. ; Poli, F. ; Selleri, S.

  • Author_Institution
    Parma Univ., Italy
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    23-28 March 2003
  • Firstpage
    625
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate that simultaneously pumping a thulium-doped tellurite fiber amplifier with 800nm and 1064nm significantly increases the achievable gain. A gain of 26dB and noise figure less than 4dB were obtained with a 1.5m doped fiber length.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; tellurium; thulium; 1.5 m; 1050 nm; 26 dB; 4 dB; 800 nm; Te:Tm; dual-wavelength pumping; fiber length; gain characteristics; noise figure; thulium-doped tellurite fiber amplifiers; Broadband amplifiers; Doped fiber amplifiers; Glass; Noise figure; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-746-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2003.1248456
  • Filename
    1248456