Low-ripple and high-efficiency C+L-band erbium-doped fiber amplified-spontaneous-emission sources using a dual forward pumping configuration

Wencai Huang; Benrui Zheng; Xiulin Wang; Minghao Sun; Huiying Xu; Zhiping Cai

doi:10.1117/1.2890470

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1 March 2008 Low-ripple and high-efficiency C+L-band erbium-doped fiber amplified-spontaneous-emission sources using a dual forward pumping configuration

Wencai Huang, Benrui Zheng, Xiulin Wang, Minghao Sun, Huiying Xu, Zhiping Cai

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Optical Engineering, 47(3), 035003 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2890470

Abstract

We have experimentally investigated a new two-stage C+L-band (1525 to 1605-nm) amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) fiber source using a dual forward pumping configuration. The proposed source offers a high pumping efficiency of 24.6%, output power of about 52 mW, and a wide bandwidth of 80 nm. Without using any external spectral filters, the source has a low spectral ripple between 2.4 and 2.9 dB for different pumping power levels. This designed configuration is also suitable for high-efficiency L-band ASE. The obtained source will be useful in characteristic measurement for wavelength-division multiplexing components and spectrum-sliced multiwavelength fiber sources for local access networks.

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Wencai Huang, Benrui Zheng, Xiulin Wang, Minghao Sun, Huiying Xu, and Zhiping Cai "Low-ripple and high-efficiency C+L-band erbium-doped fiber amplified-spontaneous-emission sources using a dual forward pumping configuration," Optical Engineering 47(3), 035003 (1 March 2008). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2890470

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