Flat-gain wide-band erbium doped fiber amplifier with hybrid gain medium

• Main Authors: Hamida, Belal Ahmed, Azooz, S.M., Jasim, Ali Abdulhadi, Eltaif, Tawfig, Khan, Sheroz, Ahmad, H., Wadi, Sulaiman
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: Elsevier GmbH 2016
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/56449/1/56449_Flat-gain%20wide-band%20erbium%20doped%20fiber%20amplifier%20with%20hybrid%20gain%20medium_Scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/56449/2/56449_Flat-gain%20wide-band%20erbium%20doped%20fiber%20amplifier%20with%20hybrid%20gain%20medium_WoS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/56449/3/56449_Flat-gain%20wide-band%20erbium%20doped%20fiber%20amplifier%20with%20hybrid%20gain%20medium.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/56449/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0030402615016903; http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijleo.2015.11.065

A new erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) is demonstrated using a combination of zirconia-based erbium-doped fiber (Zr-EDF) and silica-based Erbium-doped fiber (Si-EDF) as the gain medium. The EDFA comprises a 2 m long Zr-EDF and 9 m long Si-EDF optimized for C- and L-band operations, respectively,...