Title :
Design and performance of an S-band Thulium doped modified silica fiber amplifier
Author :
Dissanayakel, K.P.W. ; Emami, S.D. ; Abdul-Rashidi, H.A. ; Aljamimi, S.M. ; Yusoff, Z. ; Zulkifli, M.I. ; Muhamad-Yassin, S.Z. ; Mat-Sharif, K.A. ; Tamchek, N.
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Eng., Multimedia Univ., Cyberjaya, Malaysia
Abstract :
A new design of an S-band Thulium-doped modified Silica fiber co-doped with aluminum is presented. The design goal is high gain and low noise figure in the wavelength range of 1450 - 1520 nm. The optimization considers design parameters such as the cut-off wavelength, dopant concentration, waveguide structure, index profile and numerical aperture. These design parameters are optimized to achieve long fluorescence lifetime, high overlap factor and selected mode excitation. The amplifier performance is theoretically modelled and simulated considering the proposed design optimization. We show that the amplifier can achieve a gain of 16 dB and 3dB noise figure.
Keywords :
aluminium; doping profiles; fluorescence; optical design techniques; optical fibre amplifiers; optical noise; optimisation; silicon compounds; thulium; S-band thulium doped modified silica fiber amplifier; SiO2:Tm,Al; cut-off wavelength; design optimization; design parameters; dopant concentration; fiber design; fluorescence lifetime; high gain; index profile; low noise; numerical aperture; overlap factor; selected mode excitation; waveguide structure; wavelength 1450 nm to 1520 nm; Fabrication; Fluorescence; Fiber amplifier; S-band optical amplifier; thulium-doped fiber amplifier (TDFA);
Conference_Titel :
Photonics (ICP), 2013 IEEE 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melaka
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6073-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICP.2013.6687141
