DocumentCode
400417
Title
Comparison of distributed gain in 800 nm+1050 nm or 800 nm+1410 nm pumping schemes for thulium-doped fiber amplifiers using optical frequency domain reflectometry
Author
Gomes, A.S.L. ; Carvalho, M.T. ; Sundheimer, M.L.
Author_Institution
Dept. de Fisica, Univ. Fed. de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
Volume
2
fYear
2003
fDate
27-28 Oct. 2003
Firstpage
1052
Abstract
Distributed gain in thulium-doped fiber amplifiers using 800 nm+1050 nm or 800 nm+1410 nm pumps was studied. We show that the former is advantageous over the later primarily due to ground state absorption.
Keywords
ground states; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre testing; optical pumping; optical time-domain reflectometry; thulium; 1050 nm; 1410 nm; 800 nm; distributed gain; ground state absorption; optical frequency domain reflectometry; pumping scheme; thulium-doped fiber amplifier; Absorption; Distributed amplifiers; Frequency domain analysis; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Reflectometry; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stationary state; Stimulated emission;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
ISSN
1092-8081
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7888-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.2003.1253171
Filename
1253171
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