Noise and crosstalk characteristics of a praseodymium-doped fluoride fiber amplifier

Richard R. Wyatt; Tim J. Whitley; Simon C. Fleming; Daryl Szebesta; John R. Williams; Steven T. Davey

doi:10.1117/12.168598

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15 February 1994 Noise and crosstalk characteristics of a praseodymium-doped fluoride fiber amplifier

Richard R. Wyatt, Tim J. Whitley, Simon C. Fleming, Daryl Szebesta, John R. Williams, Steven T. Davey

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Proceedings Volume 2073, Fiber Laser Sources and Amplifiers V; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.168598
Event: Optical Tools for Manufacturing and Advanced Automation, 1993, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

We report the noise and gain characteristics of a 1.3 micrometers PDFFA, in both the small and large signal regime. The small-signal noise performance shows a value of 5 dB at 1.3 micrometers , reducing to < 4 dB for wavelengths < 1.28 micrometers , and increasing to > 7 dB for wavelengths > 1.32 micrometers . No noise penalty has been observed in saturation for output powers as high as + 17 dBm, corresponding to 10 dB gain compression. Crosstalk measurements show a 3 dB rollover frequency of 6 kHz.

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Richard R. Wyatt, Tim J. Whitley, Simon C. Fleming, Daryl Szebesta, John R. Williams, and Steven T. Davey "Noise and crosstalk characteristics of a praseodymium-doped fluoride fiber amplifier", Proc. SPIE 2073, Fiber Laser Sources and Amplifiers V, (15 February 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.168598

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