Compact multimode pumped erbium-doped phosphate fiber amplifiers

Shibin Jiang, Sergio B. Mendes, Yongdan Hu, Gualtiero Nunzi-Conti, Arturo Chavez-Pirson, Yushi Kaneda, Tao Luo, Qingyun Chen, Sandrine Hocde, Dan T. Nguyen, Ewan Wright, Jiafu Wang, Wenyan Tian, Thomas Nikolajsen, Nasser Peyghambarian

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Abstract

The performance of compact multimode pumped erbium-doped phosphate fiber amplifiers is presented. A fiber amplifier with a small signal net gain of 41 dB at 1535 nm and 21 dB over the full C-band is demonstrated using a newly developed 8-cm-long erbium-doped phosphate fiber excited with a 1-W, 975-nm multimode laser diode. A theoretical model is developed for the multimode pumped amplifier based on modified rate equations and an effective beam propagation method. Close agreement between experimental and modeling results is observed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2817-2820
Number of pages4
JournalOptical Engineering
Volume42
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2003

Keywords

  • Erbium-doped fiber amplifier
  • Multimode pumped
  • Phosphate fiber
  • Ytterbium

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • General Engineering

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