Modeling laser-diode-pumped Tm3+-doped fiber amplifiers

Abstract:

A theoretical model is developed for the laser-diode-pumped Tm³⁺-doped fiber amplifier, and a set of ordinary differential equations (ODEs) governing the dynamics of dual-wavelength pumping scheme (1.4μ+1.56μ) based on the rate equations and propagation equations was established. The relationship between the spectra gain and pump power was described and analyzed by numerically solving the ODEs. Spectral gain as a function of longitudinal position along the fiber was given to optimize the fiber length; spectral gain per unit length, and fractional inversion were used to explain the gain shift property of TDFA. The theoretical results agree well with the experimental data. Received 28 March Supported by China Scholarship Council, Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province of China (grant no. Y2003G01 and Y2002G06), Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (grant no. 2002022048

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