Highly efficient short length Bismuth-based erbium-doped fiber amplifier

An efficient 21 cm Bismuth-based erbium doped fiber amplifier (Bi-EDFA) operating in both C- and L-band wavelength regions is proposed and demonstrated. The proposed Bi-EDFA uses the gain medium with an erbium ion concentration of 6300 ppm in conjunction with a double-pass configuration. Compared to...

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Main Authors: Cheng, X.S., Hamida, Belal Ahmed, Arof , Hamzah, Ahmad, Harith, Harun, Sulaiman Wadi
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Published: Springer 2011
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author Cheng, X.S.
Hamida, Belal Ahmed
Arof , Hamzah
Ahmad, Harith
Harun, Sulaiman Wadi
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Arof , Hamzah
Ahmad, Harith
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description An efficient 21 cm Bismuth-based erbium doped fiber amplifier (Bi-EDFA) operating in both C- and L-band wavelength regions is proposed and demonstrated. The proposed Bi-EDFA uses the gain medium with an erbium ion concentration of 6300 ppm in conjunction with a double-pass configuration. Compared to conventional silica-based erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (Si-EDFAs) with the same amount of Erbium ions, the Bi-EDFA provides a higher attainable gain as well as a greater amplification bandwidth ranging from 1525 to 1620 nm. The proposed Bi-EDFA achieved a flat-gain of around 23 dB with gain variation of ±3.5 dB within the wavelength region from 1530 to 1565 nm at the maximum pump power of 150 mW. The corresponding noise figures are obtained at an average of 6 dB.
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spelling iium-418612015-03-20T03:32:35Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/41861/ Highly efficient short length Bismuth-based erbium-doped fiber amplifier Cheng, X.S. Hamida, Belal Ahmed Arof , Hamzah Ahmad, Harith Harun, Sulaiman Wadi T10.5 Communication of technical information An efficient 21 cm Bismuth-based erbium doped fiber amplifier (Bi-EDFA) operating in both C- and L-band wavelength regions is proposed and demonstrated. The proposed Bi-EDFA uses the gain medium with an erbium ion concentration of 6300 ppm in conjunction with a double-pass configuration. Compared to conventional silica-based erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (Si-EDFAs) with the same amount of Erbium ions, the Bi-EDFA provides a higher attainable gain as well as a greater amplification bandwidth ranging from 1525 to 1620 nm. The proposed Bi-EDFA achieved a flat-gain of around 23 dB with gain variation of ±3.5 dB within the wavelength region from 1530 to 1565 nm at the maximum pump power of 150 mW. The corresponding noise figures are obtained at an average of 6 dB. Springer 2011-10 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/41861/1/Highly_Efficient_Short_Length_Bismuth-based_Erbium-doped_Fiber_Amplifier_%28_3__August__2011%29.pdf Cheng, X.S. and Hamida, Belal Ahmed and Arof , Hamzah and Ahmad, Harith and Harun, Sulaiman Wadi (2011) Highly efficient short length Bismuth-based erbium-doped fiber amplifier. Laser Physics (International Journal), 21 (10). pp. 1793-1796. ISSN ISSN print: 1054-660X, ISSN electronic: 1555-6611 http://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S1054660X11170038
spellingShingle T10.5 Communication of technical information
Cheng, X.S.
Hamida, Belal Ahmed
Arof , Hamzah
Ahmad, Harith
Harun, Sulaiman Wadi
Highly efficient short length Bismuth-based erbium-doped fiber amplifier
title Highly efficient short length Bismuth-based erbium-doped fiber amplifier
title_full Highly efficient short length Bismuth-based erbium-doped fiber amplifier
title_fullStr Highly efficient short length Bismuth-based erbium-doped fiber amplifier
title_full_unstemmed Highly efficient short length Bismuth-based erbium-doped fiber amplifier
title_short Highly efficient short length Bismuth-based erbium-doped fiber amplifier
title_sort highly efficient short length bismuth-based erbium-doped fiber amplifier
topic T10.5 Communication of technical information
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