Solid-state laser pumping of 1.5-μm optical amplifiers and sources for lightwave video transmission

Author

Grubb, S.G. ; Leilabady, P.A.

Author_Institution

Amoco Technology Co., Naperville, IL

Volume

11

Issue

1

fYear

1993

fDate

1/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

27

Lastpage

33

Abstract

An optical power amplifier and a laser source are demonstrated at 1.5 μm. A diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser is used as the pumping source for an Er/Yb co-doped gain medium. The power scaling advantages of this approach are demonstrated. Up to +21 dBm of output power is obtained from the Er/Yb amplifier and up to +19 dBm is obtained from the laser source. The Er/Yb power amplifier was deployed in a 42-channel AM link with 40 km of fiber, and an optical loss budget of 18 dBm was demonstrated

Keywords

amplitude modulation; erbium; fibre lasers; optical communication equipment; optical links; optical modulation; optical pumping; ytterbium; 1.5 micron; 40 km; 42-channel AM link; IR; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser; laser pumping; laser source; lightwave video transmission; optical amplifiers; optical communications equipment; optical links; optical loss budget; optical power amplifier; output power; power scaling; pumping source; Erbium; Laser excitation; Optical amplifiers; Optical pumping; Power amplifiers; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Solid lasers; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.210567

Filename

210567