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Novel Er and Ce codoped fluoride fiber amplifier for low-noise and high-efficient operation with 980-nm pumping

Authors :
Y. Kubota
S. Kanto
Tatsuo Okada
T. Teshima
N. Nishimura
Zhicong Meng
Yoshiki Nakata
S. Sakaguchi
Source :
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 15:525-527
Publication Year :
2003
Publisher :
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2003.

Abstract

We demonstrate the low-noise and high-gain operation of a fluoride Er/sup 3+/ and Ce/sup 3+/ codoped fiber (F-ECDF) amplifier with 980-nm pumping. A 980-nm-pumped F-ECDF with a length of only 45 cm exhibits a noise figure of 20 dB with a gain ripple of

Details

ISSN :
19410174 and 10411135
Volume :
15
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........73cab0574269d2a299556b10bfdaa819
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1109/lpt.2003.809302