Homogeneous upconversion in Er-doped waveguides

• Published in: 2000 2nd International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks. Conference Proceedings (Cat. No.00EX408) pp. 35 - 36
• Main Authors: Jaskorzynska, B., Swillo, M., Sergeyev, S.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2000
• Subjects: Acceleration; Analytical models; Design optimization; Doped fiber amplifiers; Electrons; Energy exchange; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Kinetic theory; Optical waveguides

Parasitic energy transfer between excited ions has been widely recognized as gain limiting factor in high-concentration Er-doped fibre amplifiers. The energy transfer leads to upconversion of the excitation which for randomly distributed (not clustered) ions is called homogeneous upconversion (HUG)....