Performance Comparison of Zirconia, Bismuth and Silica-doped Erbium Fiber for Optical Amplification

  • Authors

    • Sufian Mohamad
    • Arni Munira Markom
    • Norbaiti Sidik
    • Mukul Chandra Paul
    • Sulaiman Wadi Harun
    2018-11-30
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i4.22.22197
  • EDFA, Zirconia, Bismuth, Silica-doped and Optical amplifier

  • Abstract

    Zirconia-based Erbium-doped fiber amplifier (Zr-EDFA) is improved material optical fiber with more than 4000 ppm erbium-doped concentration to solve global demand for huge capacity carrying data information, high speed transmission and long haul with specific devices of compactness. Thus, the length of Zr-EDFA is only 50 cm as gain medium. At input pump power -30 dBm, the highest optical gain is 34 dB (1530 nm wavelength) whereas 21 dB (1535 nm wavelength) at -10 dBm. Besides, the flatness gain 21 dB with fluctuation of 1 dB is recorded for Zr-EDFA. For performance comparison, Bismuth-based Erbium-doped fiber amplifier (Bi-EDFA) and Silica-based Erbium-doped fiber amplifier (Si-EDFA) were also investigated.

     

     

  • References

    1. [1] S. Mohan, V. Arjunan, Sujin P. Jose. Fiber Optics and Optoelectronic Devices. MJP Publishers; 2006.

      [2] Agrawal GP. Nonlinear fiber optics. Academic press; 2007.

      [3] Steckl AJ, Zavada JM. Photonic applications of rare-earth-doped materials. MRS Bulletin. 1999 Sep;24(9):16-20.

      [4] Ahmad H, Thambiratnam K, Awang NA, Ghani ZA, Harun SW. Four-wave mixing in zirconia-erbium doped fiber–a comparison between ring and linear cavities. Laser Physics Letters. 2012 Sep 19;9(11):819.

      [5] M. C. Paul, S. W. Harun, N. A. D. Huri, A. Hamzah, S. Das, M. Pal, S. K. Bhadra, H. Ahmad, S. Yoo, M. P. Kalita, A. J. Boyland, and J. K. Sahu. Wideband EDFA Based on Erbium Doped Crystalline Zirconia Yttria Alumino Silicate Fiber. Journal of Lightwave Technology Vol. 28, Issue 20, pp. 2919-2924 (2010).

      [6] Digonnet MJ, editor. Rare-earth-doped fiber lasers and amplifiers, revised and expanded. CRC press; 2001 May 31.

      [7] [7] Sanghera J, Aggarwal ID. Infrared fiber optics. CRC Press; 1998 May 14.

      [8] [8] Becker PM, Olsson AA, Simpson JR. Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers: fundamentals and technology. Academic press; 1999 Mar 15.

      [9] [9] Li M, Feng Z, Xiong G, Ying P, Xin Q, Li C. Phase transformation in the surface region of zirconia detected by UV Raman spectroscopy. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 2001 Aug 30;105(34):8107-11.

      [10] [10] Dhar A, Kasik I, Podrazky O, Matejec V. Fabrication and properties of er-doped nanocrystalline phase-seperated optical fibers. Advances in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. 2013 Mar 1;11(1):29.

      [11] Ding Y, Jiang S, Hwang BC, Luo T, Peyghambarian N, Himei Y, Ito T, Miura Y. Spectral properties of erbium-doped lead halotellurite glasses for 1.5 μm broadband amplification. Optical Materials. 2000 Nov 30;15(2):123-30.

      [12] Sardar DK, Gruber JB, Zandi B, Hutchinson JA, Trussell CW. Judd–Ofelt analysis of the Er 3+(4f 11) absorption intensities in phosphate glass: Er 3+, Yb 3+. Journal of applied physics. 2003 Feb 15;93(4):2041-6.

      [13] Lai LJ, Su CS. Luminescence excitation and near edge X-ray absorption spectra of Er 2 O 3 dopant on zirconia ceramics. Materials chemistry and physics. 2000 Jan 29;62(2):148-52.

      [14] Webb CE, Jones JD, editors. Handbook of Laser Technology and Applications: Laser design and laser systems. CRC Press; 2004.

      [15] Keiser G. Optical fiber communications. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2003 Apr.

      [16] Becker PM, Olsson AA, Simpson JR. Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers: fundamentals and technology. Academic press; 1999 Mar 15.

      [17] Bass M, Van Stryland EW, Bass M, Van Stryland EW. Fiber Optics Handbook: fiber, devices, and systems for optical communications. Optical Society of America.; 2002.

      [18] Wang JS, Vogel EM, Snitzer E. Tellurite glass: a new candidate for fiber devices. Optical materials. 1994 Aug 1;3(3):187-203.

      [19] Durhuus T, Mikkelsen B, Joergensen C, Danielsen SL, Stubkjaer KE. All-optical wavelength conversion by semiconductor optical amplifiers. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 1996 Jun;14(6):942-54.

      [20] Zang H, Jue JP, Mukherjee B. A review of routing and wavelength assignment approaches for wavelength-routed optical WDM networks. Optical networks magazine. 2000 Jan;1(1):47-60.

      [21] Ismail MA, Harun SW, Zulkepely NR, Nor RM, Ahmad F, Ahmad H. Nanosecond soliton pulse generation by mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser using single-walled carbon-nanotube-based saturable absorber. Applied optics. 2012 Dec 20;51(36):8621-4.

      [22] Ahmed MH, Latiff AA, Arof H, Ahmad H, Harun SW. Femtosecond mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser based on MoS 2–PVA saturable absorber. Optics & Laser Technology. 2016 Aug 31;82:145-9.

      [23] Verdeyen JT. Laser Electronics, 1995

      [24] Desurvire E. Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers: principles and applications. Wiley-Interscience; 2002 Aug 5

      [25] Paul MC, Harun SW, Huri NA, Hamzah A, Das S, Pal M, Bhadra SK, Ahmad H, Yoo S, Kalita MP, Boyland AJ. Performance comparison of Zr-based and Bi-based erbium-doped fiber amplifiers. Optics letters. 2010 Sep 1;35(17):2882-4.

  • Downloads

  • How to Cite

    Mohamad, S., Munira Markom, A., Sidik, N., Chandra Paul, M., & Wadi Harun, S. (2018). Performance Comparison of Zirconia, Bismuth and Silica-doped Erbium Fiber for Optical Amplification. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7(4.22), 94-96. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i4.22.22197

    Received date: 2018-11-29

    Accepted date: 2018-11-29

    Published date: 2018-11-30