Title :
Low pump power, short-fiber dual-pumped (800 nm+1050 nm) TDFA
Author :
Gomes, Alvaro ; Carvalho, Marco ; Sundheimer, M. ; Bastos-Filho, C. ; Martins-Filho, J. ; von der Weid, Jean Pierre ; Margulis, W.
Author_Institution :
UFPE, Recife, Brazil
Abstract :
A 5-m long 2000-ppm Tm-doped fiber pumped with 145-mW total at 800 nm+1050 nm wavelengths produced 18-dB gain. Optical frequency domain reflectometry revealed the gain distribution and permitted optimizing the system.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; optical time-domain reflectometry; thulium; 1050 nm; 145 mW; 18 dB; 5 m; 800 nm; TDFA; gain distribution; optical frequency domain reflectometry; pump power; short-fiber dual-pumped; Counting circuits; Fiber lasers; Frequency domain analysis; Gain measurement; Laser excitation; Length measurement; Local oscillators; Neural networks; Optical pumping; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248460
