Optical Pulse Compression Based on High-doped Erbium Fiber Amplifier and Standard Single-mode Fiber

Proposed is a novel optical pulse compression technique based on high-doped erbium fiber amplifier and standard single-mode fiber(SMF). We used the amplifier with the erbium ion concentration of 6.3×10-3 to amplify a hyperbolic secant pulse from a regeneratively mode-locked fiber laser. The central wavelength, pulsewidth and peak power of the pulse are 1 550 nm, 12.5 ps and 3 mW, respectively. Then the amplified pulse with peak power level corresponding to a higher-order soliton is compressed when it propagates through a 3-km-long single-mode fiber. Studied are the compressed pulses under different pump powers and fiber lengths. The results show that it can get a narrower pulse, and solve the difficulty that pulses at low power can not be compressed directly in the fiber. And the construct is compact.

Modeling and Experiments of the Gain and Noise Figure for an Irradiated Erbium-Ytterbium Co-Doped Fiber Amplifier

It is crucial to study the effect of radiation on the fiber amplifier devices. In the present paper, the Erbium-ytterbium co-doped fiber amplifier (EYDFA) has been irradiated by a neutron beam of different doses for various exposure times from an Am-241/Be-9 neutron source. The gain and noise figure of the EYDFA have been calculated theoretically and recorded after and before the irradiation to test its performance under the effect of irradiation. In order to show the enhancement in the gain of the fiber amplifier devices, a comparison between the gain of the irradiated EYDFA and Erbium doped Fiber amplifier (EDFA) has been carried out. The calculated results by the proposed model are in good agreement with the experimental ones. It indicates that the gain of EYDFA deteriorates after being irradiated by a neutron dose. Moreover, the gain of irradiated EYDFA has been reduced to 13.8 dB at a dose of 720 Gy.

980-nm all-fiber mode-locked Yb-doped phosphate fiber oscillator based on semiconductor saturable absorber mirror and its amplifier

A 980-nm semiconductor saturable absorber mirror（SESAM） mode-locked Yb-doped phosphate fiber laser is demonstrated by using an all-fiber linear cavity configuration. Two different kinds of cavity lengths are introduced into the oscillator to obtain a robust and stable mode-locked seed source. When the cavity length is chosen to be 6 m, the oscillator generates an average output power of 3.5 m W and a pulse width of 76.27 ps with a repetition rate of 17.08 MHz. As the cavity length is optimized to short, 4.4-m W maximum output power and 61.15-ps pulse width are produced at a repetition rate of 20.96 MHz. The output spectrum is centered at 980 nm with a narrow spectral bandwidth of 0.13 nm. In the experiment, no undesired amplified spontaneous emission（ASE） nor harmful oscillation around 1030 nm is observed. Moreover,through a two-stage all-fiber-integrated amplifier, an output power of 740 m W is generated with a pulse width of 200 ps.

Stable single longitudinal mode erbium-doped silica fiber laser based on an asymmetric linear three-cavity structure

We present a stable linear-cavity single longitudinal mode （SLM） erbium-doped silica fiber laser. It consists of four fiber Bragg gratings （FBGs） directly written in a section of photosensitive erbium-doped fiber （EDF） to form an asymmetric three-cavity structure. The stable SLM operation at a wavelength of 1545.112 nm with a 3-dB bandwidth of 0.012 nm and an optical signal-to-noise ratio （OSNR） of about 60 dB is verified experimentally. Under laboratory conditions, the performance of a power fluctuation of less than 0.05 dB observed from the power meter for 6 h and a wavelength variation of less than 0.01 nm obtained from the optical spectrum analyzer （OSA） for about 1.5 h are demonstrated. The gain fiber length is no longer limited to only several centimeters for SLM operation because of the excellent mode-selecting ability of the asymmetric three-cavity structure. The proposed scheme provides a simple and cost-effective approach to realizing a stable SLM fiber laser.

A novel 3-stage structure for a low-noise, high-gain and gain-flattened L-band erbium doped fiber amplifier

The configuration of the novel three-stage L-band erbium-doped fiber amplifier with very large and flat gain and very low noise figure presented in this paper uses the forward ASE (amplified spontaneous emission) from the first section of the EDF (erbium-doped fiber) and the backward ASE from the third section of the EDF (both serve as the secondary pump sources of energy) to pump the second EDF. To improve the pump efficiency, the power of the pump is split into two parts (with a ratio of e.g. 2:7). The characteristics of this L-band EDFA are studied on the basis of the Giles Model with ASE.

Bidirectional Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifiers

Bidirectional EDFAs(Bi-EDFAs)featuring bidirectional signal input are theoreticallystudied.Gain and noise performances of Bi-EDFAs are analysed numerically and comparedwith that of other optical amplifiers.Applications of Bi-EDFAs in fiber networks and otherfields are considered.

Erbium Doped Fiber Laser and Amplifier

In this paper, new configuration is proposed, investigated and analyzed. Fiber laser and fiber amplifier are merged in one configuration which called Erbium Doped Fiber Laser and Amplifier (EDFLA) or integrating EDFL and EDFA in one design. The configuration has three main outputs;one for laser, second for amplifier and the third it can be used for on/off output. A surprising phenomenon was remarked during the operation of this configuration. The amplification is abolished during the lasing state and appeared again if the lasing is stopped or the switch is off. The difference between outputs with the lasing and without lasing has 30 dB EDFA gain value;it is a good sign that this optical configuration can be used as an on/off integrated optical device for fiber laser.

Performance Enhancement of Praseodymium Doped Fiber Amplifiers

In this paper,we report a simulation study on the performance enhancement of Praseodymium doped silica fiber amplifiers(PDFAs)in O-band(1270-1350 nm)in terms of small signal gain,power conversion efficiency(PCE),and output optical power by employing bidirectional pumping.The PDFA performance is examined by optimizing the length of Praseodymium doped silica fiber(PDF),its mode-field diameter(MFD)and the concentration of Pr^(3+).A small-signal peak gain of 56.4 dB,power conversion efficiency(PCE)of 47%,and output optical power of around 1.6 W(32 dBm)is observed at optimized parameters for input signal wavelength of 1310 nm.Minimum noise figure(NF)of 4.1 dB is observed at input signal wavelength of 1310 nm.Moreover,the effect of varying the pump wavelength and pump power on output optical power of the amplifier and amplified spontaneous emission(ASE)noise is also investigated,respectively.Finally,the impact of ion-ion interaction(up-conversion effect)on small-signal gain of the amplifier is also studied by considering different values of up-conversion coefficient.

光放大器原理及其发展

光通信系统的工作性能,除与光源有关外,还与其传输媒质有关。随着光纤技术的发展,通过追求光通信领域的远距离传输,诞生了光放大器,光放大器可以做到直接放大光信号,在通信领域有很大的应用价值。总结了光放大器的基本原理及其发展。首先介绍了光放大器的概念、分类和原理。然后分别对三类光放大器的关键技术进行了介绍,包括工作原理与性能方面,然后对各类光放大器的国内外现状进行了分析。最后,对光放大器未来的发展进行了展望。

基于不同泵浦方案的全光纤少模放大器放大特性对比研究

设计并构建全光纤型少模掺铒放大器,实验对比研究不同泵浦模式及方向对LP01、LP11a、LP11b这3个信号模式的增益特性影响.实验对泵浦功率、输入信号功率以及多波长情况下的放大器特性进行分析.结果表明,4种泵浦方案中,前向LP11泵浦情况下放大器有最佳性能,在整个C波段上信号增益超过20 dB、模式增益差低于0.9 dB,噪声系数小于9.6 dB;信号输入功率为-10 dBm/模式时,在1550 nm处,3个信号模式的增益均超过20.8 dB、DMG低至0.3 dB、LP01信号光的噪声系数低于6.2 dB以及LP11信号光的噪声系数低于9.6 dB.4种泵浦方案下对比不同泵浦方向可得:前向泵浦放大器的噪声系数最小,但3种信号模式的增益也较小,而采用后向泵浦时,高阶信号模式增益增加,但噪声系数也会变大.对比泵浦模式可发现,相比于LP01泵浦,LP11泵浦能大幅提高LP11信号光的增益,对LP01信号光增益影响较小,从而可降低DMG值.

三模掺铒光纤放大器仿真设计及实验研究

少模光纤放大技术是确保模分复用光纤通信系统远距离传输的关键技术,其增益、噪声系数及模式间增益差直接影响通信性能。为设计可用于模分复用的高增益、低噪声系数三模掺铒光纤放大器,建立少模掺铒光纤放大器理论模型,仿真设计其各项参数,之后结合实验结果进行参数优化,实现小信号增益大于30 dB,噪声系数小于6 dB,模式间增益差小于2 dB,并且各模式信号光在三模掺铒光纤放大器中稳定传输放大,光束轮廓无明显畸变。所设计的三模掺铒光纤放大器为进一步模分复用通信实验研究打下了基础。

基于915 nm泵浦的铒镱共掺双包层光纤放大器

搭建了级联光纤放大系统,掺铒光纤放大器(EDFA)作为预放大级,铒镱共掺双包层光纤放大器作为功率放大级。为了提高镱离子吸收效率,实现功率稳定输出,功率放大级选择915 nm的半导体激光器作为泵浦源,铒镱共掺双包层光纤作为增益介质,采用前向泵浦的方式,对可调谐光源输入的1540~1565 nm波段的信号光进行了放大。在信号光功率为10 mW,预放大级泵浦功率为500 mW的条件下,对不同波长的信号光经过级联光纤放大系统进行了放大,最终在1565 nm处获得1.106 W的最高输出功率。

EDFA的原理分析及应用探究

互联网信息技术迅猛发展,传统的光电转换技术一定程度上已无法满足现代电信传输的要求。掺铒光纤放大器(EDFA)在泵浦光的作用下可以直接放大光信号,适用于现代光纤通信。该文分析了EDFA的基本原理,探究了EDFA技术的应用及发展趋势。

Passive harmonic mode locking of gain-guided solitons in erbium-doped fiber lasers

We report the experimental observation of passive harmonic mode locking of gain-guided solitons in erbium-doped fiber lasers either made of purely normal dispersion fibers or operating in the net normal cavity dispersion regime. Harmonic-2 and harmonic-3 mode locking states of the gain-guided solitons with supermode suppression larger than 35 dB have been obtained.

A High Power Conversion Efficiency L-Band Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier

By using two sections of erbium doped fiber and a fiber optical reflector, a novel, highly efficient L-band amplifier is demonstrated with significantly power-conversion-efficiency enhancement and the gain increasing of as much as 13 dB.

Analysis of erbium doped holey fiber using fundamental space filling mode

Erbium-doped holey fiber with hexagonal lattice was modeled by using effective index method. In order to calculate the equivalent step index of the periodic structure of the cladding holey optical fiber, all-vectorial fundamental space filling mode approach was utilized. By using EHll mode, we have numerically solved the rate equations of a three-level pumping scheme for a fiber laser. The obtained results have shown a good agreement with the other experimental results, recently. The results have predicted amplifiers with gain efficiencies as high as 10 dB/mW.

Gain performances of 980 nm-pumped erbium-doped fiber amplifiers

Through the introduction of the overlapping factors between the light (pump and signal) intensities and the erbium doping distributions inside the fiber core, analytical solutions of homogeneously broadened two-level systems for erbium-doped fiber amplifiers pumped in the 980 nm absorption band have been derived from EDFA rate equations and light propagation equations in steady-state case. By using these deduced expressions and numerical simulated methods, important features characterizing the amplifiers such as gain, pump threshold power, optimum fiber length have been analyzed and discussed.

Channel Pre-emphasis Equalization for a 270km 40×40 Gbit/s WDM System with Cascaded EDFAs/Raman Amplifiers

Optical channel pre-emphasis equalization is experimentally researched for a 270 km 40 × 40 Gbit/s wavelength division multiplexing （WDM） transmission system with three Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers （ED- FAs） and Raman amplifiers concatenated as booster amplifier. The channel imbalance of the overall system changes with different sets of power launched into EDFAs. By appropriately choosing the power input to concatenated EDFAs, the output spectrum of 40 channel signal can be equalized to the most extent. The merit of benefit can be around 5.5 dB by this pre-emphasis equalization. The requirement for the gain equalizer is therefore greatly released. Then the gain imbalance of the overall system and the power imbalance of 40 channels are compared and the two almost matches, but the significant difference lies on some channels. Finally, the pump power into Raman amplifier is also optimized, and another 1.3 dB improvement of channel equaliza- tion can be further achieved.

TiCN作为可饱和吸收体的2.8μm被动调Q锁模光纤激光器

本文报道了一种基于材料可饱和吸收的2.8μm被动调Q锁模掺铒氟化物光纤激光器。通过将TiCN颗粒作为可饱和吸收体直接涂覆于反射腔镜,并结合氟化物光纤垂直端面的输出耦合,实现了具有较低激光阈值和紧凑腔结构的2.8μm脉冲光纤激光器。该激光器在泵浦功率达到330 mW时,开始出现调Q锁模脉冲。随着泵浦功率持续增大,调Q脉冲包络重复频率从14.34 kHz增加至32.57 kHz,对应的脉冲宽度从10.51μs减小至5.40μs。在650 mW的泵浦功率下,获得最大平均输出功率25.83 mW,斜率效率为7.2%。

基于氧化铜可饱和吸收体的掺铒光纤激光器

报道了一种基于氧化铜(copper oxide, CuO)材料可饱和吸收体(saturable absorber, SA)的孤子锁模掺铒光纤激光器(erbium-doped fiber laser, EDFL)。通过将液相沉淀法制备的氧化铜沉积在锥形光纤上作为SA被动锁模器件。当泵浦功率为233.6 mW时,在中心波长1 530.2 nm处获得了脉冲宽度为1.23 ps的传统孤子,其基本重复频率为5.34 MHz,脉冲能量和平均输出功率分别为1.37 nJ和2.2 mW。此外,当泵浦功率增加到329 mW时,首次在中心波长1 529.6 nm处观察到了束缚态孤子脉冲,其光谱调制周期为3 nm,脉冲分离度为2.6 ps。研究结果表明,CuO材料是超快光纤激光器的良好SA候选材料。