Title :
Thulium doped fiber amplifiers for 2 µm telecommunications
Author :
Alam, S.U. ; Li, Zuyi ; Daniel, J.M.O. ; Jung, Yongmin ; Heidt, Alexander M. ; Richardson, D.J.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
fDate :
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
Abstract :
We report the first experimental realization of thulium doped fiber amplifier providing high gain (>40dB), noise figure as low as 5dB and over 100nm wide bandwidth around 2μm with maximum saturated output power of 400mW.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; thulium; saturated output power; telecommunications; thulium doped fiber amplifiers; wavelength 2 mum; Bandwidth; Gain; Noise measurement; Optical fiber LAN; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers;
Conference_Titel :
OptoElectronics and Communications Conference held jointly with 2013 International Conference on Photonics in Switching (OECC/PS), 2013 18th
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
