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Wide Broadband ASE Source based on Thulium-doped Fibre for 2 μm Wavelength Region

K. Ennser, M. A. Khamis, Karin Ennser

Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology - Volume 1: PHOTOPTICS, Pages: 141 - 146

Swansea University Author: Karin Ennser

DOI (Published version): 10.5220/0006101801410146

Abstract

This paper investigates the generation of the amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) from thulium-doped silica fiber pumped at 1570 nm. The developed model provides the ASE spectral power at short and long wavelength bands by using two different thulium doped fibre types with optimized fibre length. S...

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Published in: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology - Volume 1: PHOTOPTICS
Published: PHOTOPTICS 2017 2017
URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31414
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Abstract: This paper investigates the generation of the amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) from thulium-doped silica fiber pumped at 1570 nm. The developed model provides the ASE spectral power at short and long wavelength bands by using two different thulium doped fibre types with optimized fibre length. Shorter wavelengths in the emission band can be accessed with a short thulium fiber, whereas longer wavelengths can be obtained using a long thulium fiber. Our findings reveal that, in contrast to a 100 nm (1800nm1900nm) and 70 nm (1900nm-1970nm) broadband source at short and long wavelength bands, a broader spectrum source can be achieved at about 170 nm (1800nm-1970nm) by a combined of the two ASE spectra via a wideband 50:50 coupler. As a result, the proposed ASE source configuration doubles the bandwidth of the conventional single fiber based light source.
Keywords: Thulium-doped Fibre, Amplified Spontaneous Emission, Silica Glass Material, Numerical Modelling.
College: Faculty of Science and Engineering
Start Page: 141
End Page: 146