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

• Main Authors: Hamida, B.A., Azooz, S.M., Jasim, A.A., Eltaif, T., Khan, S., Ahmad, Harith, Harun, Sulaiman Wadi
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2016
• Subjects: QC Physics; TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/17952/; http://dx.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,...