WDM Systems in the C-Band Using Er 3+ -Doped Tellurite Optical Waveguide Amplifiers

A 16-channel, 2.5 Gb/s, wavelength-division multiplexing system is analyzed with its channels allocated in the 1.52-1.56 w m wavelength region in order to increase the usable amplifier bandwidth to , 45 nm. To avoid amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) noise and the nonuniform signal gain in the wavelength region, an amplifier module consisting of an Er 3+ -doped tellurite waveguide amplifier, an ASE filter, and two concatenated long-period grating filters are proposed. A tellurite-based amplifier was chosen as the amplifying element because of its broad emission bandwidth (~80 nm), its high emission cross section (6.44 2 10 -25 m 2 ), and its high rare-earth ion solubility. The amplifier model is based on propagation and populationrate equations and includes both uniform and pair-induced up-conversion mechanisms. It is solved numerically by combining finite elements and a Runge-Kutta algorithm. The analysis predicts that using the proposed amplifier module, the channels may be transmitted to a maximum distance of 1800 km, finding applications in large optical networks where either many wavelengths are required or channel spacing must be large.     

Ultra-broadband amplified spontaneous emission source by using heterogeneous optical amplifier

In this work, we propose and experimentally investigate an ultra-broadband amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) light source with 113.8 nm bandwidth (1446.2 to 1560.0 nm) by using a cascaded two-stage optical amplifier, which is consisted of semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA, 1st stage) and erbiumdoped fiber amplifier (EDFA, 2nd stage), when the output intensity is above ?35 dBm/0.01 nm. And, the EDFA only uses a 3 m long erbium-doped fiber (EDF) with a 27 mW pumping power and SOA is driven at 200 mA bias current. Moreover, the proposed amplifier also can provide a broadband gain amplification of 114 nm in the wavelengths of 1464.0 and 1578.0 nm with the noise figure distribution of 6.8 to 8.1 dB.     

11-mJ pulse energy wideband Yb-doped fiber laser

We report a wide bandwidth (Δλ=8 nm) optical pulsed MOPA (master oscillator power amplifier) source emitting 11.23 mJ pulses (1.25 MW peak power) in the wavelength centered at (λ=1064 nm). Pulse duration and repetition rate were 9 ns and from 10 Hz to 100 Hz, respectively. In order to suppress amplified spontaneous emission (ASE), multi-stage pulse pump technology is applied. And the large core diameter (90 μm) and wide bandwidth ensures the high peak power and energy output.     

Single-stage gain-clamped L-band EDFA with C-band ASE saturating tone

We demonstrate a single-stage gain-clamped L-band Erbium-doped fiber amplifier with 1480 nm pump wavelength. The gain-clamping technique is achieved by utilizing the backward propagation of C-band amplified spontaneous emission (ASE). This unwanted noise is reflected back into the optical amplifier and its intensity is adjusted using the variable optical attenuator. The C-band ASE sets the population inversion level along the Erbium doped-fiber and limits the L-band signal amplification to a specific value. The whole optical bandwidth in L-band can be employed for signal amplification since the saturating tone is out of the band. The gain dynamic range of 11.7 dB is obtained between 21.7 and 10.0 dB with noise figure of less than 5.5 dB for signal power up to 2 dBm.     

PbS quantum dot fiber amplifier based on a tapered SMF fiber

A PbS quantum dot coated (QD-coated) tapered fiber amplifier with a broad bandwidth is theoretically demonstrated. The QD layer is coated on the surface of a tapered fiber and is excited by the evanescent wave of a pump. An optical gain of 10.5 dB, with a 160-nm broad bandwidth of at 1530-nm center wavelength, is achieved. The gain efficiency is over 4 dB/cm. This QD-tapered fiber amplifier has a concentration control of the QDs, a lower insertion loss, and shows good suppression of amplified spontaneous emission (ASE), while its structure is also quite simple. Therefore, the proposed fiber amplifier has great potential in fiber-optic communication systems.     

Er/Yb co-doped fiber amplifier with wavelength-tuned Yb-band ring resonator

Erbium-ytterbium co-doped fiber amplifier with wavelength-tuned Yb-band loop resonator is presented. The amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) from Yb ions is utilized to stimulate a laser emission at several wavelengths from the 1 μm band in the 1550 nm amplifier. The wavelength of this lasing is tuned by introducing a fiber Bragg grating (FBG). The results show, that the overall efficiency of the amplifier at nominal 1550 nm wavelength can be increased by introducing a feedback loop with 1040 nm and 1050 nm FBG. This loop also protects the Er/Yb amplifier from parasitic lasing at 1 μm and allows significant output power scaling without risk of self-pulsing.     

基于铋基和硅基掺铒光纤联合的超宽带ASE光源

提出了并实验演示了利用247 cm新型铋基掺铒光纤和10 m传统硅基掺铒光纤联合作为增益介质、采用双向泵浦结构的超宽带放大自发辐射光源.分析了其物理机理,并与其它不同形式的结构,包括已报道的类似结构,做了实验比较和理论分析.在低于240 mW的总泵浦功率和没有使用任何外部谱平坦滤波器的情况下,通过优化传统硅基掺铒光纤长度和两泵浦源的功率,获得了96 nm（1 522 nm～1 618 nm）的波长范围（大于－20dBm/2nm功率密度时）和超过11dBm的总输出功率,该ASE光源的－10dB带宽超过了87nm,其谱的峰值功率密度达到了－2.5 dBm/2 nm.     

Gain-clamped dual-stage L-band EDFA by using backward C-band ASE

A dual-stage L-band gain-clamped erbium-doped fiber amplifier (GC-EDFA) by using backward C-band amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) is proposed. Compared with other similar GC-EDFAs, the proposed structure has higher and flatter clamped gain in L-band because of its optimal pump power and EDF length. The flatness from 1570 nm to 1600 nm arrives 0.77 dB, the bandwidth of 3 dB is more than 35 nm and the maximal input signal power arrives −15 dBm.     

Inherently gain flattened L band TDFA based on W-fiber design

We present here a detailed theoretical analysis for realizing an inherently gain flattened L⁺ band thulium doped fiber amplifier (TDFA), based on a depressed inner-clad (W-fiber) design, wherein the inherent gain flattening is achieved by an optimized bend induced leakage loss. The leakage loss characteristics of W-fiber have been used to suppress higher wavelength amplified stimulated emission (ASE) in the designed TDFA, which otherwise depletes the population inversion in the amplifier, making it almost impossible to obtain high gain for wavelengths in and close to the conventional L-band. It has been shown through simulations that 20 dB net gain (±0.3 dB ripple) is achievable over 32 nm bandwidth (1604-1636 nm), using this design pumped with 160 mW of power. We also show that inherent gain flattening leads to redistribution of power among signal wavelengths, and hence an inherently gain-flattened TDFA is much more efficient as compared to a configuration that uses discrete filters for gain flattening. The net gain value and gain flattening of the designed TDFA module have been tested against tolerance with respect to fiber parameters as well as bend radius. This is for the first time to the authors knowledge that inherently gain flattened L⁺ band operation has been shown using TDFAs.     

Gain clamped L-band EDFA with forward–backward pumping scheme using fiber Bragg grating

The paper proposes a novel two stage L-band erbium doped fiber amplifier with forward–backward pumping scheme for transmission of 32 wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) channels. It is gain clamped with an in-line fiber Bragg grating (FBG) to provide flat gain over 45 nm by restricting and reutilizing amplified spontaneous emission (ASE). We demonstrate that it provides an efficient small signal gain with minimum noise figure of over 20 dB and 5.5 dB, respectively, in the L-band region (1565–1610 nm) by comparing with its forward and backward pumped counterparts with fixed Er³⁺ fiber length of 20 m for −30 dBm/channel input power. We also obtain the gain and noise figure dependence as a function of each of the Er³⁺ fiber lengths, pump power (both 1480 and 980 nm), and temperature. Hence a 10 nm region (1580–1590 nm) has been acknowledged where temperature variations become constricted for 30 °C variations (15–45 °C).     

金属-绝缘体-金属结构的表面等离激元受激放大辐射放大器的研制

为了研究用于表面等离子(SP)波的可集成表面等离激元受激放大辐射(SPASER)放大器,设计了植入饱和吸收体的金属-绝缘体-金属(MIM)结构放大器的基本组成。根据SPASER的基本原理,对激射条件进行了分析,给出了放大器的制作工艺和抽运脉冲的设计以及性能指标。结果表明研制的放大器在选择566nm波长的入射光和532nm波长的抽运光,放大区采用长度范围为1～1.5μm的条件下,其脉冲响应时间可达100fs,带宽为1.5～2THz,SP的放大增益为30～60dB。该SPASER放大器研究将为大规模集成光子学芯片设计提供理论和技术基础,可在下一代高速通信系统中得到广泛应用。     

Enhancement of Gain in L-Band Bismuth-Based Erbium-Doped Fibre Amplifier Using an Un-pumped EDF and Midway Isolator

A hybrid L-band erbium-doped fibre amplifier (EDFA) with enhanced gain characteristic is demonstrated without a significant noise figure penalty. It uses a backward C-band amplified stimulated emission from both the ends of a bismuth-based EDFA system to pump an unpumped erbium-doped fibre (EDF) for gain enhancing. The maximum gain enhancement of 4.0dB is obtained at wavelength 1604nm with EDF length of 20m. The gain spectrum is reasonably fiat in this amplifier compared with the amplifier without an EDF. The gain varies from 27.4 dB to 30.2 dB at wavelength region 1564-1608 nm with incorporation of 20 m EDF. Noise figure also varies from 6.0 to 7.TdB at this wavelength region.     

Broadband amplified spontaneous emission from an Er(3+)-Tm(3+)-codoped silica fiber

A new type of amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) based on an Er-Tm-codoped silica fiber is reported. When the fiber was pumped at 980 nm, the emission yielded a 3-dB bandwidth over 90 nm (1460-1550 nm) without any external filters, which is twice larger than that produced by conventional Er-doped fiber ASE sources. We believe that the superposition of two ASE bands, one from Er ions near 1530 nm and the other from Tm ions near 1450 nm, results in the broad bandwidth. Temperature-dependent ASE powers and fiber-length-dependent spectra strongly suggest that photon-assisted energy transfer between the sensitizing ion, Er, and the acceptor ion, Tm, plays an important role in changes in the bandwidth's size.     

Passive erbium-doped fiber seed photon generator for high-power Er(3+)-doped fiber fluorescent sources with an 80-nm bandwidth

A novel structure that converts wasted backward amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) to seed photons for the amplifier stage is suggested for a high-power erbium-doped fiber (EDF) broadband source. A considerable increase in output power and bandwidth extension was achieved by placement of a segment of passive EDF in front of the amplifier stage, thus recycling backward ASE as the secondary pumping source for the passive EDF seed photon generator. Experimental results showed a dramatic increase in output ASE power of more than 10 dB for most radiation bands from 1540 to 1620 nm with the simple addition of an unpumped EDF segment to the ordinary fluorescence-source structure.     

多泵浦光纤喇曼放大器的模拟分析

通过使用综合理论模型对不同配置条件下的多泵浦分布式光纤喇曼放大器的增益谱进行了数值模拟研究,该理论模型包含了瑞利散射、放大自发辐射和不同交互效应,包括泵浦与泵浦、泵浦与信号和信号与信号之间的交互与能量转移.模拟研究了泵浦源功率、泵浦源波长间隔及光纤损耗对喇曼增益谱的影响,结果表明设计多泵浦光纤喇曼放大器需要对泵浦源功率、泵浦源波长间隔光纤损耗谱进行综合考虑,需对泵浦源功率、泵浦源波长间隔进行合理配置.在本文的泵浦源波长设定条件下,考虑实际光纤的损耗谱特性,为了获得大的增益带宽和小的增益不平坦度,短波长泵浦源和最长波长的泵浦源需要更高的泵浦功率,中间波长泵浦源的功率应较低.     

Proposed Power-Equalized EDFA Modules Using Fiber Bragg Gratings with Various Reflectivities

We proposed and experimentally demonstrated two power-equalized erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) modules using fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) with various reflectivities for individual channels. The transmission type power-equalized EDFA module is low-cost for its simple design, while the reflection type power-equalized EDFA module can suppress most of the amplified spontaneous emission noise. Both consist of a bidirectional EDFA, a set of FBG chains with suitable reflectivities, and an optical isolator/optical circulator. They can find potential applications in wavelength division multiplexing lightwave transmission systems.     

Single to 16-Channel Wavelength Conversion at 10 Gb/s Based on Cross-Gain Modulation of ASE Spectrum in SOA

A simple scheme for single to multi-channel wavelength conversion based on cross-gain modulation of amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) spectrum in semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) is described. Single to 16-channel wavelength conversion at 10 Gb/s is first demonstrated without any additional probe lights, the modulation information carried by input signal could be converted into arbitrary many channels if only the demultiplexer with enough channels is exploited. Output performance and pattern effects are investigated experimentally.     

A global design of an erbium-doped fiber and an erbium-doped fiber amplifier

A global design of an erbium-doped fiber and an open-loop erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) in a steady-state operation is discussed by applying genetic algorithms. Taking a signal gain and a bandwidth as objective functions, 7 parameters of the EDFA (erbium concentration, core radius, erbium-doped radius, refractive index difference, fiber length, pumping wavelength and signal power) are optimized by solving optical propagation equations, assuming a homogenous two-level active medium and a single-mode propagation. There is evidence to show that the 1480 nm pump utilized in usual EDFAs is not an optimal choice, which should be chosen around 1460 nm. The optimal core radius ranges 0.465–0.548 μm on pumping power 50–200 mW. Under different design objects and with different pumping powers, however, there are different optimal Er-doped concentrations, reflective index differences and fiber lengths. As a single fiber EDFA, 35 dB signal gain or 35 nm bandwidth is obtained with the 7 optimal parameters, 100 mW pumping power and 0.001 mW input signal power.     

周期域反转铌酸锂可调谐波长转换器的皮秒脉冲实验

实验研究了周期域反转铌酸锂光波导级联和频与差频二阶非线性效应(cSFG/DFG)皮秒脉冲间的可调谐波长转换。信号光采用重复频率为40 GHz,脉宽为1.57 ps的脉冲信号。当输入信号光和第一个控制光波长分别为1554.4 nm和1532.5 nm时,通过调节第二个控制光波长由1550.5 nm到1541.0 nm,输出信号光波长可从1536.0 nm调谐至1545.2 nm。当输入信号光波长改变时,通过改变第一个控制光波长以满足和频过程的准相位匹配条件,同时调节第二个控制光波长可以实现输出信号光波长的可调谐。实验中利用两个窄带可调谐滤波器有效抑制了掺铒光纤放大器引入的放大自发辐射噪声,同时观察到了波长下转换和波长上转换。     

有源循环式光脉冲复制系统的输出特性研究

改进并验证了一种基于有源循环光纤延迟线的模拟光脉冲信号复制技术.实验系统采用低增益掺铒光纤放大器补偿循环损耗.进行了光脉冲信号复制的仿真和实验,在掺铒光纤放大器增益为6.774 dB,光滤波器－3 dB,带宽为0.8 nm时,测得第500个复制光脉冲的信噪比为31 dB.仿真和实验结果表明,选用小增益掺铒光纤放大器可以实现低于3 dB的噪音系数,降低掺铒光纤放大器的放大自发辐射噪音并提高输出脉冲序列的信噪比,有望成为提高光脉冲复制器性能的一种新方法.在系统中插入窄带光滤波器等手段也是改善信噪比的有效措施.