Efficient Pumping Scheme for Amplifier Arrays with Shared Pump Laser
Konferenz: ECOC 2016 - 42nd European Conference on Optical Communication
18.09.2016 - 22.09.2016 in Düsseldorf, Deutschland
Tagungsband: ECOC 2016
Seiten: 3Sprache: EnglischTyp: PDF
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Autoren:
Gnauck, Alan H.; Winzer, Peter J.; Jopson, Robert M.; Burrows, Ellsworth C. (Nokia Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ 07733, USA)
Inhalt:
We propose and demonstrate a power-efficient pump-sharing scheme for optical amplifier arrays. Pump power emerging from amplifiers is re-used, which is more efficient than simply power-splitting a single pump. The efficiency rises for amplifiers operating in an unsaturated regime.