Silica-Based Thulium Doped Fiber Amplifiers for Wavelengths beyond the L-band

Authors :: Yongmin Jung
Alexander M. Heidt
David J. Richardson
Jayanta K. Sahu
Z. Li
Peter C. Shardlow
Nikita Simakov
Alexander Hemming
Deepak Jain
Shaif-ul Alam
W.A. Clarkson
Jae M. O. Daniel
Source :: OFC
Publication Year :: 2016
Publisher :: OSA, 2016.
Abstract: We present a suite of silica-based thulium-doped fiber amplifiers (TDFAs) operating across the 1650–2050nm waveband. High gain and low NF are achieved by combining several TDFA designs optimized for short, central and long wavelength operation.

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