Effect of pumping configuration on noise figure and efficiency for 0.98-um-pumped saturated erbium-doped fiber amplifiers

Richard G. Smart; John L. Zyskind; James W. Sulhoff; David J. DiGiovanni

doi:10.1117/12.141132

23 March 1993 Effect of pumping configuration on noise figure and efficiency for 0.98-μm-pumped saturated erbium-doped fiber amplifiers

Richard G. Smart, John L. Zyskind, James W. Sulhoff, David J. DiGiovanni

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Proceedings Volume 1789, Fiber Laser Sources and Amplifiers IV; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.141132
Event: Fibers '92, 1992, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

We report the results of an investigation of the noise figure and conversion efficiency of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers for unsaturated, moderately saturated and heavily saturated operation. Quantum-limited 3 dB noise figures result only for small signal operation of low gain amplifiers. For high gain, partially saturated amplifiers, useful as in-line repeaters, bi- directional pumping results in the best combination of noise performance and conversion efficiency while co-propagation of signal and pump produces the best noise performance.

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Richard G. Smart, John L. Zyskind, James W. Sulhoff, and David J. DiGiovanni "Effect of pumping configuration on noise figure and efficiency for 0.98-μm-pumped saturated erbium-doped fiber amplifiers", Proc. SPIE 1789, Fiber Laser Sources and Amplifiers IV, (23 March 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.141132

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