Modeling of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) using a Gaussian profile for the doped ion concentration

Abdolnasser Zakery; A. Askarzadeh

doi:10.1117/12.344506

1 April 1999 Modeling of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) using a Gaussian profile for the doped ion concentration

Abdolnasser Zakery, A. Askarzadeh

Proceedings Volume 3622, Rare-Earth-Doped Materials and Devices III; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.344506
Event: Optoelectronics '99 - Integrated Optoelectronic Devices, 1999, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Since the pump power is absorbed in a small region in the fiber core, a high concentration of the Rare Earth Ions is required. As a result boding to Er⁺³ ions is difficult and an inhomogeneity in ion concentration results which causes a clustering of these ions in the host lattice. Clustering depopulates the upper laser level. A solution to this problem is to confine erbium ions in the fiber core center. The Vapor Axial Deposition technique provides this requirement and as a result we have an increase in the amplifier gain. Our aim in this work is to provide a model that considers a symmetrical distribution for erbium ions which obeys a gaussian profile. We then solve the rate and propagation equations analytically. Our results show that the overlap integral between the dopant and optical mode ((Gamma) _k) is independent of the pump power over the (b/w < 1) range, where b is the equivalent radius of the doped region and w is the minimum spot size of the incident radiation. We use this result to find an analytic gain equation which agrees well with the result of other models obtained by standard numerical integration techniques.

Citation Download Citation

Abdolnasser Zakery and A. Askarzadeh "Modeling of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) using a Gaussian profile for the doped ion concentration", Proc. SPIE 3622, Rare-Earth-Doped Materials and Devices III, (1 April 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.344506

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available