Amplification in "few-mode" Er3+-doped fiber amplifiers

C. Randy Giles; Herman M. Presby; Gerald Nykolak; Stuart A. Kramer; David J. DiGiovanni

doi:10.1117/12.141122

23 March 1993 Amplification in "few-mode" Er³⁺-doped fiber amplifiers

C. Randy Giles, Herman M. Presby, Gerald Nykolak, Stuart A. Kramer, David J. DiGiovanni

Proceedings Volume 1789, Fiber Laser Sources and Amplifiers IV; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.141122
Event: Fibers '92, 1992, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

High-gain (G > 20 dB) multimode erbium-doped amplifiers pumped at 980-nm using a Ti:Sapphire laser and at 1485-nm using a laser+amplifier photonic integrated circuit have been demonstrated. Low amplifier noise power is achieved by coupling pump light into a limited number of fiber modes.

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C. Randy Giles, Herman M. Presby, Gerald Nykolak, Stuart A. Kramer, and David J. DiGiovanni "Amplification in "few-mode" Er³⁺-doped fiber amplifiers", Proc. SPIE 1789, Fiber Laser Sources and Amplifiers IV, (23 March 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.141122

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