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Performance comparison of Zr-based and Bi-based erbium-doped fiber amplifiers

Performance comparison of Zr-based and Bi-based erbium-doped fiber amplifiers
Performance comparison of Zr-based and Bi-based erbium-doped fiber amplifiers
In this Letter, we present a comprehensive comparison of the performance of a zirconia-based erbium-doped fiber amplifier (Zr-EDFA) and a bismuth-based erbium-doped fiber amplifier (Bi-EDFA). The experimental results reveal that a Zr-EDFA can achieve comparable performance to the conventional Bi-EDFA for C-band and L-band operations. With a combination of both Zr and Al, we could achieve a high erbium-doping concentration of about 2800 ppm (parts per million) in the glass host without any phase separations of rare earths. The Zr-based erbium-doped fiber (Zr-EDF) was fabricated using in a ternary glass host, zirconia-yttria-aluminum codoped silica fiber through a solution-doping technique along with modified chemical vapor deposition. At a high input signal of 0 dBm, a flat gain at average value of 13 dB is obtained with a gain variation of less than 2 dB within the wavelength region of 1530-1575 nm and using 2 m of Zr-EDF and 120 mW pump power. The noise figures are less than 9.2 at this wavelength region. It was found that a Zr-EDFA can achieve even better flat-gain value and bandwidth as well as lower noise figure than the conventional Bi-EDFA.
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Paul, M.C., Harun, S.W., Huri, N.A.D., Hamzah, A., Das, S., Pal, M., Bhadra, S.K., Ahmad, H., Yoo, S., Kalita, M.P., Boyland, A.J. and Sahu, J.K. (2010) Performance comparison of Zr-based and Bi-based erbium-doped fiber amplifiers. Optics Letters, 35 (17), 2882-2884. (doi:10.1364/OL.35.002882).

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In this Letter, we present a comprehensive comparison of the performance of a zirconia-based erbium-doped fiber amplifier (Zr-EDFA) and a bismuth-based erbium-doped fiber amplifier (Bi-EDFA). The experimental results reveal that a Zr-EDFA can achieve comparable performance to the conventional Bi-EDFA for C-band and L-band operations. With a combination of both Zr and Al, we could achieve a high erbium-doping concentration of about 2800 ppm (parts per million) in the glass host without any phase separations of rare earths. The Zr-based erbium-doped fiber (Zr-EDF) was fabricated using in a ternary glass host, zirconia-yttria-aluminum codoped silica fiber through a solution-doping technique along with modified chemical vapor deposition. At a high input signal of 0 dBm, a flat gain at average value of 13 dB is obtained with a gain variation of less than 2 dB within the wavelength region of 1530-1575 nm and using 2 m of Zr-EDF and 120 mW pump power. The noise figures are less than 9.2 at this wavelength region. It was found that a Zr-EDFA can achieve even better flat-gain value and bandwidth as well as lower noise figure than the conventional Bi-EDFA.

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e-pub ahead of print date: August 2010
Published date: September 2010
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/199527
ISSN: 0146-9592
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ORCID for J.K. Sahu: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3560-6152

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Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:09

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Author: M.C. Paul
Author: S.W. Harun
Author: N.A.D. Huri
Author: A. Hamzah
Author: S. Das
Author: M. Pal
Author: S.K. Bhadra
Author: H. Ahmad
Author: S. Yoo
Author: M.P. Kalita
Author: A.J. Boyland
Author: J.K. Sahu ORCID iD

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