Abstract
Tellurite glasses optical fibers became promising for optical amplifiers due to its high rare earth ions solubility and very large amplification bandwidth. Among several tellurite glasses the TeO2-WO 3-Na2O-Nb2O5 system show one of the largest bandwidth. Our previous characterization of lifetime using the Ω2, Ω4, Ω6, Judd-Ofelt parameters indicate a quantum efficiency maximum for 7500ppm Er3+ concentration. Therefore we decided to produce jointed Er3+ and Tm3+ single mode optical fibers with this glass system keeping the 7500ppm Er3+ concentration and varying the Tm3+ concentration from 2500ppm to 15000ppm. This single mode fiber was pumped by 120mW of the semiconductor laser at 790nm and we observed a flat ASE bandwidth from 1400 to 1570nm for the 5000ppm Tm3+ concentration.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 34 |
Pages (from-to) | 243-247 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
Volume | 5723 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2005 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | Optical Components and Materials II - San Jose, CA, United States Duration: 24 Jan 2005 → 25 Jan 2005 |
Keywords
- Broadband emission
- Energy transfer process
- Tellurite fiber