Performance comparison of Zr-based and Bi-based erbium-doped fiber amplifiers

• Main Authors: Paul, M.C., Harun, Sulaiman Wadi, Huri, N.A.D., Hamzah, A., Das, S., Pal, M., Bhadra, S.K., Ahmad, Harith, Yoo, S., Kalita, M.P., Boyland, A.J., Sahu, J.K.
• Format: Article
• Published: Optical Society of America 2010
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/12495/; https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.35.002882
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

In this Letter, we present a comprehensive comparison of the performance of a zirconia-based erbium-doped fiber amplifier (Zr-EDFA) and a bismuth-based erbium-doped fiber amplifier (Bi-EDFA). The experimental results reveal that a Zr-EDFA can achieve comparable performance to the conventional Bi-EDF...