This paper deals with the design of an erbium doped microstructured optical fiber (MOF) amplifier operating in the mid-infrared (mid-IR) wavelength range, more precisely around 4.5 mu m wavelength. A home-made numerical code which solves the rate equations and the power propagation equations has been ad hoc developed to theoretically investigate the feasibility of mid-IR MOF amplifier. On the basis of the measured energy level transition parameters of a Er3+-doped Ga5Ge20Sb10S65 chalcogenide glass, the amplifier feasibility is demonstrated exhibiting high gain and low noise figure. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Simulation of MID-IR amplification in Er3+ doped chalcogenide microstructured optical fiber / Prudenzano, F., Mescia, L., Allegretti, L., De Sario, M., Smektala, F., Moizan, V., Nazabal, V., Troles, J., Doualan, J.L., Canat, G., Adam, J.L., Boulard, B.. - In: OPTICAL MATERIALS. - ISSN 0925-3467. - 31:9(2009), pp. 1292-1295. [10.1016/j.optmat.2008.10.004]
Simulation of MID-IR amplification in Er3+ doped chalcogenide microstructured optical fiber
PRUDENZANO, Francesco;MESCIA, Luciano;
2009
Abstract
This paper deals with the design of an erbium doped microstructured optical fiber (MOF) amplifier operating in the mid-infrared (mid-IR) wavelength range, more precisely around 4.5 mu m wavelength. A home-made numerical code which solves the rate equations and the power propagation equations has been ad hoc developed to theoretically investigate the feasibility of mid-IR MOF amplifier. On the basis of the measured energy level transition parameters of a Er3+-doped Ga5Ge20Sb10S65 chalcogenide glass, the amplifier feasibility is demonstrated exhibiting high gain and low noise figure. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
