Wideband EDFA based on erbium doped crystalline zirconia yttria alumino silicate fiber

• Main Authors: Paul, M.C., Harun, Sulaiman Wadi, Huri, N.A.D., Hamzah, A., Das, S., Pal, M., Bhadra, S.K., Ahmad, Harith, Yoo, S., Kalita, M.P., Boyland, A.J., Sahu, J.K.
• Format: Article
• Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 2010
• Subjects: Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/12171/; https://doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2010.2070486

A wideband erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) is demonstrated using an Erbium-doped zirconia fiber as the gain medium. With a combination of both Zr and Al, we could achieve a high erbium doping concentration of 4320 ppm in the glass host without any phase separations of rare-earths. The Erbium dop...