• 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