Al-Azzawi, Alabbas A and Almukhtar, Aya A and Reddy, P H and Dutta, D and Das, S and Dhar, A and Paul, Mukul Chandra and Zakaria, U N and Ahmad, H and Harun, S W (2018) Compact and flat-gain fiber optical amplifier with Hafnia-Bismuth-Erbium co-doped fiber. Optik, 170. pp. 56-60. ISSN 0030-4026

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Abstract

For the first time, we demonstrated a compact Erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) using a newly developed Hafnia Bismuth Erbium co-doped fiber (HBEDF) as a gain medium. The HBEDF was fabricated using a modified chemical vapor deposition process in conjunction with solution doping technique. The fiber has high doping levels of Erbium ion of 12,500 wt ppm through incorporation of Hafnium and Bismuth ions, which prevents the clustering effect. At the input signal power of -10 dBm, a flat gain of 10.9 dB is obtained from the wavelength region of 1525 to 1565 nm with a gain variation of less than +/- 0.5 dB. The noise figure is maintained below 4.4 dB at the flat-gain region. The proposed amplifier has the potential applications in dense wavelength division multiplexing communication system due to its simplicity and compact design.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Processing Science
Divisions:	Fiber Optics and Photonics
Depositing User:	Bidhan Chaudhuri
Date Deposited:	18 Sep 2018 07:11
Last Modified:	18 Sep 2018 07:11
URI:	http://cgcri.csircentral.net/id/eprint/4345

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