Title :
Bend-resistant, single-stage, S-band erbium-doped photonic crystal fiber amplifiers
Author :
Varshney, Shailendra K. ; Saitoh, Kunimasa ; Koshiba, Masanori
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Commun. Eng., Indian Inst. of Technol., Kharagpur, India
Abstract :
We present design guidelines to achieve ~ 50-dB of gain with an average gain value of 26-dB over 70-nm bandwidth in a 7.2-m long erbium-doped depressed-cladding photonic crystal fiber amplifier showing bend-resistant functionality.
Keywords :
erbium; holey fibres; laser beams; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre cladding; photonic crystals; JkJk:Er; S-band erbium-doped photonic crystal fiber amplifier; bend-resistant functionality; depressed fibre cladding; gain 26 dB; size 7.2 m; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical design; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical scattering; Photonic crystal fibers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; (060.2280) Fiber design and fabrication; (060.2320) fiber optics amplifiers and oscillators; (060.2410), fibers, erbium; (060.5295) photonic crystal fibers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
