• DocumentCode
    608802
  • Title

    Thulium-doped fiber amplifier for optical communications at 2µm

  • Author

    Li, Zuyi ; Heidt, Alexander M. ; Daniel, J.M.O. ; Jung, Yongmin ; Alam, S.U. ; Richardson, D.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    17-21 March 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We report the realization of a thulium doped fiber amplifier designed for optical communications providing high gain (>35dB) and low noise figure (<;6dB) over 1910nm-2020nm with a maximum saturated output power of more than 1W.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre networks; thulium; noise figure; optical communications; thulium-doped fiber amplifier; Gain; Noise measurement; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-0457-0
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6532942