The gain characteristics of an erbium-doped fiber amplifier are invest
igated as a function of pump wavelength with a Ti:sapphire tunable las
er While keeping pump power constant, the optimum PumP wavelength can
be chosen by varying the pump wavelength between 780 and 840 nm. The r
esults of a gain higher than 35 dB using the 807 nm pump band are obta
ined.