V-GROOVE SIDE-PUMPED 1.5-MU-M FIBER AMPLIFIER

Authors
GOLDBERG L COLE B SNITZER E
Citation
L. Goldberg et al., V-GROOVE SIDE-PUMPED 1.5-MU-M FIBER AMPLIFIER, Electronics Letters, 33(25), 1997, pp. 2127-2129
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
33
Issue
25
Year of publication
1997
Pages
2127 - 2129
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1997)33:25<2127:VS1FA>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
A side-pumping technique, using an imbedded v-groove is used to effici ently pump a double-clad Er/Yb doped fibre amplifier operating at 1.5 mu m and pumped at 0.98 mu m. A diode-to-fibre coupling efficiency of 76% was measured for a 100 mu m wide broad stripe laser diode and a fi bre with a 50 x 120 mu m first cladding. A maximum output power of 185 mW, and separately, a small signal gain of 35dB, are demonstrated.