Wideband EDFA based on erbium doped crystalline zirconia yttria alumino silicate fiber

Authors

• M.C. Paul
• Sulaiman Wadi HarunFollow
• N.A.D. Huri
• A. Hamzah
• S. Das
• M. Pal
• S.K. Bhadra
• Harith AhmadFollow
• S. Yoo
• M.P. Kalita
• A.J. Boyland
• J.K. Sahu

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2010

Abstract

A wideband erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) is demonstrated using an Erbium-doped zirconia fiber as the gain medium. With a combination of both Zr and Al, we could achieve a high erbium doping concentration of 4320 ppm in the glass host without any phase separations of rare-earths. The Erbium doped fiber (EDF) is obtained from a fiber preform, which is fabricated in a ternary glass host, zirconia-yttria-aluminum codoped silica fiber using a MCVD process. Doping of Er2O3 into Zirconia yttria-aluminosilicate based glass is done through solution doping process. The maximum gain of 21.8 dB is obtained at 1560 nm with 2 m long of EDF and co-pumped with 1480 nm laser diode. At high input signal of -4 dBm, a flat-gain at average value of 8.6 dB is obtained with a gain variation of less than 4.4 dB within the wavelength region of 1535-1605 nm and using 3 m of EDF and 100 mW pump power. The corresponding noise figure is maintained below 9.6 dB at this wavelength region.

Keywords

Erbium-doped Zirconia fiber, wideband EDFA, solution doping

Publication Title

Journal of Lightwave Technology

ISSN

0733-8724

Recommended Citation

Paul, M.C.; Harun, Sulaiman Wadi; Huri, N.A.D.; Hamzah, A.; Das, S.; Pal, M.; Bhadra, S.K.; Ahmad, Harith; Yoo, S.; Kalita, M.P.; Boyland, A.J.; and Sahu, J.K., "Wideband EDFA based on erbium doped crystalline zirconia yttria alumino silicate fiber" (2010). Research Publications (2006 to 2010). 4209.
https://knova.um.edu.my/research_publications_2006_2010/4209

Divisions

fac_eng,PHYSICS

Volume

28

Issue

20

Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Publisher Location

445 HOES LANE, PISCATAWAY, NJ 08855-4141 USA