Analysis of Non-Saturable Absorption for Optimization of L-Band EDF Performance
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Jalilpiran, Saber; Lefebvre, Jacques; Wang, Lixian; Messaddeq, Younes; LaRochelle, Sophie
- Source
- 2023 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2023 Conference on. :1-2 May, 2023
- Subject
- Photonics and Electrooptics
Optical fiber amplifiers
Systematics
Absorption
Ytterbium
Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers
Lasers and electrooptics
Laser excitation
- Language
Non-saturable absorption is revisited to characterize L-band EDFs, co-doped with either Yttrium or Ytterbium as de-clustering agents. Measurements in the C-band allow to evaluate erbium pair content that correlates with measured and simulated amplifier performance.